We remember a speaker challenging us with the following question many years ago: “If you worked at your job the same way you work at your marriage, how long do you think you’d stay employed?” Ouch! But it was a good “ouch”! It stirred our thinking in the direction of Read More…
Do you feel like you just can’t understand what your spouse is saying, or thinking? Do you wish that you had a decoding device to translate these mysteries? It would be nice, but even if you did have one, you may find the following to be true: “Even if a Read More…
Are you praying for a marriage miracle today? Are you losing hope that God truly does resurrect marriages from the ruins? It’s important to hang onto this fact: “The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.” (Psalm 145:18) With the Read More…
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…
Are you and your spouse arguing to a point where it is becoming, or it is unhealthy? If so, perhaps you should consider calling a marital truce. A truce is a “suspension of fighting or hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties.” And Read More…
Most of us have been told that if we’re going to have a good marriage we’ll need to learn some important things along the way. That’s all a part of married life. Some will be good; and some will be bad. But what about “unlearning” some things? Can that be Read More…
There’s one thing for sure, when you marry you sure learn things about life and yourself that you never would have learned otherwise. That’s what my husband Steve and I have learned, and continue to learn. The education never stops. Like today, I had different plans scheduled out that I Read More…
I want to share with you a poem sent to us by a friend, from Uganda titled, The Marriage School. He doesn’t know who wrote it. The only claim is that it comes from a “voice of experience.” I have to say that it sure goes along with a lot Read More…
What prepared you for a lifetime commitment to your husband or wife? Were you home-schooled and your parents were your professors? Did you learn through on-the-job training? Did you have a Masters Degree in Marriage? Wherever you received your training, was it the best place for you to learn the Read More…
When was the last time you, as a couple, spent 2 or 3 hours just talking like you did when you were dating? We call that Just Talking Communication. That’s because it’s a casual, relaxed type of talking without any agenda other than to connect emotionally. Just Talking Communication I Read More…
