Life, Loss, and Living in the Mess
We had planned on having just two kids, so once Gavin was born, we were pretty convinced we were done. Except I didn’t feel done, so we decided to go…
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Your Flirtation Experiment
I’m not clear, exactly, how it happened, but slowly, over the last year or more, Matt and I fell out of our healthier evening habits of reading books and turning…
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5 Ways People in Thriving Marriages Serve Each Other
Thriving couples are for each other. When you truly believe that the people around you are for you, something within you relaxes. You hold your head a little higher and…
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Braving Loneliness
The first day of fourth grade was one of the loneliest of my life. Our family had just moved away from that trailer park in the hills of Missouri back…
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Traveling through Difficult Seasons
My dad officiated my wedding. I vividly remember him sharing a story about an older couple who had lots of disagreements. He used the story as an illustration that there…
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What Is Your Safety Net?
Bible Verses About Marriage Five Minutes in the Bible for Men Remember your Creator in the days of your youth — Ecclesiastes 12:1 Many of us depend upon our money,…
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Is Porn Cheating?
FREE Restoring What’s Been Lost eBook Betrayal Trauma is Real Restoring What’s Been Lost — available exclusively on Marriagetrac — is the exact roadmap to help you get through the…
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When Your Marriage Car Takes a Wrong Turn
Often, when a marriage — or anything else in life — is in trouble we turn to our faith for help. We pray and we may meet with the pastor…
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Truth or Lie: I Must Sacrifice Who I Am for the Sake of My Marriage
Many Christians believe that changing aspects of who we are is a central component of transforming into a more sacrificial Christlike person. They feel a need or pressure to sacrifice…
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Why Is Your Husband Drawn to Porn?
In an online TED Talk titled “Everything You Think You Know about Addiction Is Wrong,” author Johann Hari explains that the opposite of addiction is real and caring human connection.1…
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