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Author: Chris Taylor

Do you try to control your husband and your marriage? It's time to let go of the power struggle! Focus on self-control instead.

Stop the Power Struggle

July 12, 2015June 23, 2020

Do you try to control your husband and your marriage? It’s time to let go of the power struggle! Focus on self-control instead.

If you struggle with sexual sin from your past, know that you are not alone—and that there is hope. I wrote a guest post for Intimacy in Marriage that talks about how to deal with your sexual baggage.

Is Your Past Destroying Sex in Your Marriage?

July 9, 2015February 4, 2019

  I am delighted to have a guest post at Intimacy in Marriage this week as part of Julie’s What is Destroying Sex in Your …

If a wife refuses to have sex because of her heart, then, what is a husband to do? How can he help her heart heal?

A Wife’s Heart

July 8, 2015February 3, 2019

And now for something completely different . . . or not. I write for women, not for men—most of the time. While most of my …

A good marriage can help provide protection against temptation.

I Am My Husband’s Garage

July 5, 2015June 27, 2018

A couple months ago, my husband Doug (aka Big Guy) called me on his way home from work, just as he always does. He asked …

What happens when we stop thinking that our sexual response should look just like that of our husbands? What if we instead chose to celebrate our differences and embrace what our female sexual response brings to the intimacy in our marriages?

Love Like a Woman: Should Your Sexual Response Be Like Your Husband’s?

July 3, 2015June 24, 2020

What happens when we stop thinking that our sexual response should look just like that of our husbands? What if we instead chose to celebrate our differences and embrace what our female sexual response brings to the intimacy in our marriages?

How do you rebuild your trust in your husband after discovering a porn problem? How do you open yourself up again to sexual and emotional intimacy?

Rebuilding Trust after My Husband Had an Addiction to Pornography

June 30, 2015May 25, 2018

If you have discovered that your husband is addicted to pornography, the sense of betrayal you feel may be devastating. (See this article at Covenant …

If your husband says he'd like you to initiate sex, what does he mean? And how do you do it?

How Do You Initiate Sex?

June 19, 2015May 25, 2018

  Has your husband ever said he would like you to initiate sex more? Mine has. It used to be that when he would say …

The Dark Before the Dawn

June 15, 2015May 3, 2018

Before I made the decision to work on sex in our marriage, God had been working on my heart. I’ve moved! While you can peruse …

Something that began as a selfish effort to change my husband had become a journey that had changed me.

Destination: Healed Marriage

June 13, 2015August 20, 2018

Have you ever been on a trip that seems to take forever? Your journey is so exhausting that when you finally arrive at your destination, …

When things get stuck in our marriages, getting unstuck is far more important than whose stuff it was that clogged things up in the first place.

The Laundry Chute: Getting Unstuck

June 9, 2015August 27, 2018

  One of the things I love about our new home is that it has a laundry chute. It’s so much more convenient than having …

As you work on sexual intimacy, you may see find that you grow in other areas as well.

Collateral Growth

June 5, 2015June 1, 2020

As you work on sexual intimacy, you may see find that you grow in other areas as well.

Six Things to Know about Emotional Disconnection

June 3, 2015May 29, 2021

I spend a lot of time here writing about our husbands. That grows out of my own experience. I’ve written about the difficult moment when …

If you’re in a hurting marriage without intimacy, begin where you are. Work on one thing you see in front of you. Reach out for intimacy.

Reach for Intimacy

June 2, 2015May 31, 2020

If you’re in a hurting marriage without intimacy, begin where you are. Work on one thing you see in front of you. Reach out for intimacy.

Sex can be the means to reconciliation just as much as it can be the reflection of it.

Why I Have Sex When I’m Upset with My Husband

May 29, 2015April 20, 2018

  In recent comments on a post from last year, a woman asked about having sex with your husband when you’re mad at him: “I …

Acknowledging your husband’s feelings does not cancel out your feelings, nor does it cancel your right to have those feelings.

The  Power of “And”

May 26, 2015April 21, 2018

  When I was in fifth grade, I was part of the playground safety patrol at school. Before school and during recess, I got to …

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Loss, Lament, and Legacy

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A Ministry for Husbands

KHS Ministry provides information, insight, and support for Christian husbands who want to pursue deeper sexual intimacy with their wives.

Why this blog?

The mission of The Forgiven Wife is to encourage Christian wives as they work to grow in their approach to sexual intimacy in their marriages. After 20 years of restricting the sex life in my marriage, I have learned to dance with desire and enjoy the full intimacy that comes with passionate and joyful sex with my husband. You can email me at chris@forgivenwife.com.

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