The Holiday “If” List
When it comes to relationships, the holidays have a way of creating tension. Most couples experience some conflict this time of year. Demands on time, money, and patience, combined with…
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A Love Story
Whenever I’m in public, I like to watch how couples interact. There’s a lot I can learn about a relationship through observation. I watch for genuine affection, attentiveness, conversation, touch, and respect. I can…
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Millennials Divorced from Reality
Marriage is a pretty simple concept — you fall in love and share your life together. Our great grandparents did it, our grandparents followed suit, and for many of us, our…
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10 Amazing Tips to Marriage Happiness
The Secrets of Happy Couples What does it take to create – and keep – a marriage healthy? What are the secrets to a truly happy relationship?” One of the most…
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7 Ways a Husband Wounds a Wife
Most husbands I know would never injure their wife knowingly. They want to be her protector. But we guys are different than women, and the way we respond to our…
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Practice Patience
In marriage, more than any other relationship, patience is a daily necessity toward building deeper intimacy. Without patience, intimacy slowly erodes And while we find inordinate amounts of patience daily…
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My Husband Wasn’t the Spiritual Leader I Wanted!
I Needed Him to Lead Spiritually As a young wife, I (Erin) can remember the disappointment I felt in my husband, Greg, as the spiritual leader of our family. Often…
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9 Marriage Troublemakers you Need to Avoid
I feel bad for marital communication, because it gets blamed for everything. For generations, in survey after survey, couples have rated marital communication as the number-one problem in marriage. It’s…
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Yes, Christian Women Use Porn Too
Increasingly, Christian women are struggling with pornography Although women and men are hardwired differently, more women are battling this temptation than ever before. Why? Perhaps curiosity is part of it,…
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Purity in Marriage: Was it Worth it?
About four years into our marriage, I (Craig) did something really stupid that hurt my wife, Amy. I was in our bedroom watching TV, just flipping through the channels with…
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