Call them what you want: arguments, fights, disagreements, or United Nations Peacekeeping Summits, every couple has them. The fights may look different: some are filled with a quiet tension while others are loud and explosive. But put two people together and they will have different view and opinions. In our marriage, we’ve found that the…
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…
In the young life of my and Joe’s marriage—our 6 month anniversary was on December 1—we have learned a few bits of wisdom that help maintain peace in our home. This morning, as I prayed for the Lord to show me Scripture that would be helpful for my readers, two verses from Proverbs 18 certainly…
The one thing you can count on in marriage is that you and your spouse won’t always see eye to eye. There will come those times when there will be quarrels, arguments, and disagreements. Some will be heated, some won’t. Sometimes you will be right, and sometimes you won’t. I’ve been learning that a lot…
It was three days into our honeymoon when my husband and I had one of the worst fights in the history of our marriage. We had a brilliant idea to rent a canoe off the shore of our lodge in Canada, but we both were novices at rowing. The person who rented us our canoe…
