Feeling Flooded?
Warning! A flood may be coming — especially when your communication gets washed out. Did you know you can drown your spouse with no water at all? It’s true — it can happen when you [...]
Crafting a Strong Marriage: Togetherness
In the craftsman’s shop you’ll find a can of “wood glue” on the shelf. He carefully uses it to bond special pieces of wood together. “Togetherness” is glue that bonds a couple through the [...]
No One Ever Told Me My Christian Husband Could Be Unfaithful
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” C.S. Lewis When I got married, nobody told me Christian marriages could break down, that there could be infidelity, and my Christian husband could [...]
Gaining the Intimacy You Desire
“I assumed if she wanted to know more about me she would ask. She didn’t, so I assumed she didn’t care to know any more.” –The Digger “I assumed if he had something to share [...]
Tell Him Why You Love Him
How can you spur your mate toward love and good deeds? By accentuating the positive and minimizing the negative! Then you can do a better job of affirming each other. Before marriage, it’s easy to [...]
Crafting a Strong Marriage: Part 2
“Treasure each other!” It’s the wise advice my husband gives at weddings. Yet what does treasuring your partner look like on a Monday morning when the week starts in a hurry? “I love honeymooning!” My [...]
Crafting a Strong Marriage
The nurse chatted as she did the paperwork. “Marriage is hard!”, she commented unexpectedly. I asked my husband how he would have responded. “Life is hard”, he said. “Marriage is what helps make it manageable.” [...]
Write a Love Letter
How long has it been since you’re written a love letter to your sweetheart? Too long? Then pull out your pen and paper. The Postal Service is still a bargain. For just a few cents [...]
Affairs in Family History
http://itv.powertochange.com.s3.amazonaws.com/FamilyLife/FL_CarderQ9-iTV_Mobile.mp4 Dave Carder addresses this issue: Both of our dads had affairs. When we started dating, we felt drawn to each other because of this. After a recent scare in our own marriage, my wife [...]
The B.E.S.T Relationship
The relationships that mean the most to us are often the ones we are hardest on. While we maintain a polite and pleasant demeanor away from home, the frustrations often come out at home where [...]