For a talky-mctalkson like myself, going to premarital counseling was heaps of fun. What could be better than hours and hours of talking about us, understanding us, building us-skills, and all under the watchful and loving eye of a mentor? A few weeks into it, a friend asked how premarital counseling was going. “Aren’t you…
I am doing a Bible study about intentional living. So I wasn’t expecting a verse about marriage to pop off the page. But then I shouldn’t be surprised, God is always intentional about getting our attention so that He can make us more like Jesus. Teach me to number my days, that I may gain…
If you think of marriage as a car, the metaphor of maintenance is one of the more obvious parallels that comes to mind. We don’t change our oil, rotate our tires, and buy expensive insurance plans because we need those things today. We do it because we know future cost will be worse if we…
Last summer we finally got around to putting up a zip line in our back yard. Not surprisingly, the kids were thrilled. It took them a little time to get used to trusting the run, but more importantly to not freaking out about the fear of slamming into the tree at the end of the…
It’s easy to miss the parental sway one holds when a child innocently and sweetly says, “When I grow up, I want to marry Mom (or Dad).” Parental relationship role models have a profound and lasting affect on children, as they will form the same pattern in love as you have with your spouse when…
