You know that giddy feeling in your stomach? The skip in your step and quickening of your heart? Those little smiles and involuntary laughter? You likely felt the butterflies pretty frequently when you first started dating. They are the thrill of something new and exciting. The joy of getting to know someone and the moments of…
“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer Are you prepared to have your marriage ‘interrupted’ by life? Are you prepared to withstand the ‘trials and tribulations’ that will certainly occur as you and your spouse ‘become one’? Are you allowing God’s word and instruction to take root…
Never just get married and say ‘in sickness and in health’ and take that for granted. It’s for real. You need a real partner. A real rock.” —Tweet by Ray Ferrer, Artist, passed away from Brain Cancer, 26 May 2015 My parents have been married 42 years. They were married young, had kids late, and…
Sitting at the table of smiling, chatting women, it was hard not to cry. It was our first year of marriage, and my husband and I were stuck in one of those painful, hurt arguments where I was silent on the outside, but screaming on the inside. And then, 7pm arrived most inconveniently and it was time…
Married couples are often asked: “Are you praying together?’ “Are you having sex frequently enough?” “Are you going on date nights? I don’t have a problem with any of these; it’s just that what is often most lacking in such lists is one of the most crucial elements of all: mission. Other more commonly mentioned…
