Calming Down Arguments in Marriage

Do you find yourself involved in arguments with your spouse, where calming arguments down (or at least certain arguments) before you continue any further is best? If you don’t, it’s almost certain something will be said and/or done that would be ungodly. And then regrets and ill feelings swarm in Read More…

Marathon Arguing

Is marathon arguing a habit that you and your spouse have gotten into? However, it has been said, “A woman has the last word in when arguing. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.” Hmmm, probably, yes, could be. Sometimes the situation is reversed, Read More…

Going the Stupid Route

“Stupidity got me into this mess —why can’t it get me out?” We laughed at that line when we read it. And then we were also reminded of the all too familiar quote, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.” Actually, Read More…

Practice the Pause – Beware of Blurting

Practice the Pause. That is such good advice. I wish Steve and I would have heeded it the other day. Here we are as marriage educators, and yet sometimes we fall into bad behavior that we KNOW we shouldn’t. The other day we didn’t practice the pause. We allowed ourselves Read More…

The Issue With Impactful Words

This week’s Marriage Message is on the subject of Six Powerful Words. Of course we all know that there are more than six powerful words that become impactful words when we say them. Actually most of our words cause an impact, one way or another, when spoken. There isn’t a Read More…