You’ve heard it over and over again: Date nights are an important part of keeping a marriage strong and vibrant. You want to have more date nights but, like me, you live in the real world of limited time, tons of distractions, and of hectic work schedules. You want to connect with your spouse (even […]
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Last Sunday afternoon I sat on the bed with my husband in our master bedroom, my eyes filled with tears of disappointment and desperation. It had been a long, long week with one of our kids, and despite my best attempts to respond in love to this child’s harsh words (which sprang from his out-of-control […]
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You know “those” marriage conversations, right? The ones you have over and over again about ongoing marriage issues? Recently, we started working through some of our communication issues which lead to several of those “big talks.” I would share my thoughts. And, he, being the ultra nice guy that he is, would listen, nod in […]
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We all long to have a strong Christian marriage. Unfortunately, many of our Christian marriages are suffering simply because we’ve stop intentionally investing in them. And often the first “investment” to go? We stop having sex. Sex in Christian marriage is how God designed a Christian couple to stay emotionally, spiritually and physically intimate. Listen, I’m […]
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In a few weeks, my husband and I will have been happily married for fifteen years. Which has got me thinking–What is the secret behind a lifelong successful marriage? Not that we have a perfect marriage or have it all figured out, but after fifteen years, I’ve been asking myself, “Why do we have a good […]
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Emotional affairs don’t happen overnight but result from several seemingly insignificant everyday decisions (and the belief in many subtle lies). Ladies, you don’t want to fall into this trap! As someone who had an emotional infidelity, I want to share the warning signs of an emotional affair and share with you the lies that I […]
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I have conversations all the time with an imaginary man. In fact, I’ll bet you do too. You see, we develop these unrealistic expectations in marriage–specifically unrealistic expectations of how our marriage should be (and especially how our husbands “should” treat us). And on days when real married life is less than ideal, we imagine […]
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I’ll bet you’re here because you want to have better sex in your Christian marriage. What Christian couple doesn’t want more intimacy in marriage? But everything–kids, money, jobs, life–it ALL can get in the way and make our married sex lives dull, boring or even non-existent. We want ways to keep the spark alive in Christian […]
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In the midst of homeschooling, parenting and homemaking, it’s easy for us to take certain things for granted. You know, like that guy we married. And yet, our marriage is the foundation of all that homeschooling, parenting and homemaking! Without a strong marriage, everything crumbles. What are the secrets to a strong marriage, even in the […]
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Even after 14 years of marriage, it still rocks my world every single time my husband travels on business. I don’t realize how much I depend on him until he’s gone. Can you relate? My husband just finished up a season of heavy business travel, and I know another season is ahead for August. So as […]
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