My daughter, Corynn, is convinced that she’s never leaving home. At seven, she made up her mind that Mom and Dad take such great care of her that she’ll just stay. But she knows I’ll have none of that. One of the hardest questions Corynn has ever asked me is, Dad, who do you love more,…
The days leading up to a wedding are a blur of details and checklists. As a pastor I’ve officiated ceremonies from 5 to 500 attendees, and have discovered stunning similarities. The level of complication may vary in scale, but the pressure for brides and grooms is similar no matter what the size. Pressing decisions about…
Two months before walking down the aisle the fear hit. What if I’m making the wrong decision? What if God has someone else for me to marry and I misunderstood? What if I wake up the day after the wedding and think I’ve made a big mistake? Have you ever played the “what if” game?…
Delaying marriage until you can afford an extravagant wedding with all the trimmings is unnecessary. I love officiating weddings. It’s one of the best parts of my job. Over the past few years during our nation’s recession, weddings seem to be so much cheaper and streamlined. I like that. Nothing wrong with a big, fancy…
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior” (Ephesians 5:22-23). In a recent premarital counseling session, things got pretty heated and rather uncomfortable when the topic of authority and…
