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7 Steps to a New Normal in Your Marriage

Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13:20 As newlyweds, June and Brad often feel like they’re “brailing their way through each day.” Having been raised by dysfunctional single parents, they’ve struggled with finding relational models that inspire romance and the kind of connection they both…

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Love is Not a Feeling: Making a Marriage Last

Noelene Curry
Engaged, Faith, For Her, For Him, Issues, Married, Relationships
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It never ceases to amaze me just how fickle my feelings can be in my marriage! One moment, I can look at my husband and feel so in love with him, so at peace and the thought goes through my mind, “I will never fight with him again, our love is so great”. Suddenly, he…

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Crossing the Divide: How to Examine Conflict from the Inside Out

Gary Lovejoy
Dating, For Her, For Him, General, Issues, Married, Relationships
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How many times, in the spirit of social ritual, have you asked someone at church how they’re doing and gotten the reply, “Oh, fine”, only later to find out that his or her world was falling apart? We have a history of being conditioned by life to rarely practice true honesty with others. This may…

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Trading Saws for Spades: a Metaphor for Marriage

Tami Myer
Articles, Engaged, For Her, For Him, Married, Relationships
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Are relationships more like carpentry or gardening? When you build something out of wood, you measure, cut, sand, nail, and – viola!- results. You have visible signs of progress and defined outcomes. Best of all, you have much of the control. Relationships, on the other hand, are not easy to measure, and they are certainly not…

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How to Plan a Marriage Enrichment Retreat

Kate Motaung
Advice, Articles, Communication, For Her, For Him, Married, Relationships, Spirtuality
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Preparing well for marriage before we walk down the aisle is one thing — but what about after the vows are spoken? Are we on our own to figure out the way? I’d love to see more couples supporting one another in this journey called marriage. One way to be intentional about strengthening your own…