Legacy
Does your marriage overpower society’s messages that married sex is boring and sex should look like porn? What kind of legacy will your marriage leave behind?
Tag: marriage
Is It Time to Leave?
If you’re lonely in your marriage, that doesn’t mean it’s time to give up and leave. Maybe it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work.
The Greatest of These
What does 1 Corinthians 13 tell us about what it means to love our husbands?
When Prayers Change
When my prayers ABOUT our marriage became prayers FOR our marriage, our marriage began to change.
Shelter from a Storm
In the coverage of the second round of the recent Oklahoma tornadoes, I heard that a mother and baby died when the tornado caught their …
Happy Tingles
I’ve had an exhausting week. I work closely with college students and faculty, and this has been final exam week. I do a lot of …
“What do you want?”
The other day I received an email from a reader who shared that he is seeing growth in his marriage. His wife has asked the …
I Am Blessed
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that my husband wanted to fast for me and our marriage one day a month. Yesterday was his first …
“When They’re Most Unlovable . . . “
When your husband is the most unlovable is when he needs your love the most.
Inviting God
During the worst of my refusing/gatekeeping years, my prayer life was nothing to write home about. I was a tangled-up mess of depression, anxiety, frustration, …
In Real Life
Over the past few days, I’ve been blessed and honored by messages from people who have stopped by this blog. They have opened their hearts, …
Anniversary Week
At the end of this week, my husband and I will celebrate our 22nd anniversary–and we will truly celebrate our anniversary for the first time. …
Prodigal Wives
The irony does not escape me. Some would call my changed behavior an awakening, as though I’d been asleep before. I wasn’t asleep. I …
Hungering for Connection
In my bad years, I had many excuses I would give my husband for why we couldn’t have sex that week/day/minute. I recognize now that …
Seasons
It is a Friday afternoon, and I am listening to the winds howl outside while the snow pellets hit my window. When I walked in …