There are ordinary moments in life when it is easy to see our spouse as the enemy. There are moments when I’m caught in the mundane of life, picking up those pair of shorts off the floor for the thousandth time, or reaching for the Oreos I had been craving all day, only to find…
It had been a crazy week! I’m not talking about your usual crazy. No, I mean the kind of week where we wondered how we would survive! My husband had some business affairs that had him out of the home every evening on top of being away during the day. In an effort to be supportive,…
Blood flushes your face, heart beating, thoughts rushing, as the same frustration blurs around you like an unending carousel. When you married your “happily ever after,” you never imagined driving into the sunset would involve so many road bumps. But here you are at the same impasse, your “happily ever after,” has become your frustration,…
One of the best ways to prepare yourself for marriage is by studying married couples. One particularly inspirational couple are the Churchill’s. Sir Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He also won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 and was the first…
I was 23 years old, married for a year, and just received an offer to coach high school basketball. I was already attending seminary part-time and had started a career as a pastor. My wife, Tara, was scheduled to start traveling for medical internships within the month. Over the next four months, she would be…
