Peaceable Celebrating

A few days ago, we celebrated something we call Thanksgiving Day. What a blessed time of peaceable celebrating! This is an official holiday where we pause to give God thanks for our many blessings. Personally, it was a great day for us with family and friends. But we learned an Read More…

Turning Small Stuff in Marriage into Something Special

“There is a book titled, ‘Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff.’ But have you noticed that it IS the ‘small stuff’ in marriages that oftentimes cause couples to become irritated with their spouses? “That use to be us. Big Time! Now what is Big Time with us is that we make Read More…

Simple Ways of Connecting Daily in Your Marriage

You take care of everything and everyone else, but do you take care of your marriage relationship? Do you connect with your spouse everyday? You were intentional in connecting together in conversation, spending time together, and such before marriage. If you hadn’t, you probably wouldn’t be married today. But now Read More…

Public Displays of Affection in Marriage

When you first fell in love, and before you married, was your love for each other evident? Did you speak and show love to each other through affectionate words and actions? We did. We didn’t hesitate to show our love for each other both in public displays of affection, and when Read More…

Expert Marriage Advice – Part 2

Young or old, we can all use good marriage advice from some of the “experts.” After all, whose marriage is perfect? It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been married, we can always improve things. In the last Marriage Insight we shared with you some EXPERT MARRIAGE ADVICE. (If you didn’t Read More…

Connection Questions and a Kiss

If you’re anything like us, you need tools and connection questions to help you grow in your marriage relationship. Our busy lives have a way of pushing us apart from each other. That’s why we’re always looking for new ideas, that will help us to reconnect in meaningful ways. And Read More…

The “Job” of Kissing

I ran across something from an old Focus on the Family magazine where Deena McClure wrote the following, concerning the “job” of kissing: “With our meal completed, I brought a homemade apple pie to the table, placed it in front of my husband and gave him a kiss. Our 6-year Read More…

How Do You Greet Your Spouse?

We’ve heard it said that with your spouse, it’s important to “pay attention to your rituals of connection at the beginning and the end of the day.” This includes how you greet your spouse. Otherwise, a type of disconnection begins to take place in your marriage. That goes along with Read More…

Holding Hands and Kissing Spouse

“For loving married couples, kisses are conversations. Their lips speak in a different way but they speak just the same.” (The Pure Bed) This is SO true. You can call it the Kissing Spouse Communication Language. Kisses ARE a type of conversation. In our married lives, sometimes it’s important to speak Read More…