Since joining the Christian Marriage Bloggers Association CMBA, I have started reading a lot more blogs on marriage. The diversity of perspectives that fall under this umbrella is amazing to me. What one couple promotes as healthy and enticing, another will personally condemn within their… Read More »There is no “normal” marriage
We made a video for our most recent Shocking Marriage workshop. This depicts three different types of couples, and shows that the process of becoming one is not automatic nor effortless. Check it out here. 2 Become 1
So here’s a questions that has me perplexed. Can you fall out of love? Maybe it’s the verbiage that I hate… Falling is typically the result of an accident. It’s sudden and unexpected. So how can you “fall” out of love? As I look… Read More »Falling out of love?
This summer will mark our 30th year of marriage. We’re certainly not the same people now that we were when we wed. We’ve been through a lot together and grown both individually and as a couple. While some of that learning needed to come over… Read More »In your marriage, what do you wish you knew then, that you know now?
This came across my email… A group of young kids were asked how to decide who to marry and here are the results which are pretty amusing. 1) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should… Read More »How to know who to marry (written by kids)
I visited my son’s church yesterday and heard their senior minister give a message on Vision. It was an inspiring sermon of the importance of not only setting a vision, but ensuring that you continually pour effort into it to keep it on track and… Read More »Vision Drift in Marriage
We’ve got an English Bulldog at home. He’s lazy, he snores, he drools, he can clear a room when he passes gas and he loves to cuddle. He’s about six years old, so in bulldog terms, that would put him at the high side of… Read More »Don’t let your marriage go to the dogs
We weren’t designed to be self-sustaining organisms. We inherently require things from the world around us to survive and to thrive. We have physical needs (e.g. food, water, clothing, shelter), emotional needs (e.g. acceptance, love, friendship, empathy), sexual needs (e.g. well… you get this… Read More »Where’s your focus?
Happy New Year! Yep, it’s that time of year when we all look ahead and make promises to ourselves. The book is blank, and we have 365 days to fill in the content of our life story. We plan to exercise more, eat more sensibly,… Read More »Marriage Resolutions for 2012