Q: My fiancé spends a lot of time doing things with his friends without me. I am worried that this will continue when we get married. How do we go about balancing our time, so that we both feel fulfilled in our time together? A: If a person is always doing things with his friends and not…
I thought my heart was going to beat out of my chest when, at my engagement party, I overheard my soon to be mother-in-law giving my uncle/wedding officiant/pre-marital counselor the third degree. How I managed to calmly articulate our confidence in my uncle’s ability to counsel and marry us is beyond me. The next morning,…
Q: I have been in a dating relationship for 2 yrs and I am now at a point of questioning full compatibility before engagement. We both are Christians but to different extremes. I have a need for God in my everyday life and struggle that as a couple we will not grow spiritually since he…
I’m often asked what’s been the hardest time in my marriage. Without hesitation, I name the first year of our marriage. We struggled with making it through every day without hurting each other. We eventually got into our groove around month 8 or 9, which at the time felt like year 80 or 90. Now,…
Marriage is made of promises, from the inaugural seconds of the union between a man and woman. I, Sinner 1, promise to be true to you, Sinner 2, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.” I took some…
