Most Christians do a reasonably good job rejecting and refraining from what we consider the major relationship-killing sins, like pornography or adultery, but we’re often much more lenient on ourselves in the area of the tongue. In the privacy of our homes, it’s easy to insult, criticize, use sarcasm, nag, complain, speak in anger, and…
“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer Are you prepared to have your marriage ‘interrupted’ by life? Are you prepared to withstand the ‘trials and tribulations’ that will certainly occur as you and your spouse ‘become one’? Are you allowing God’s word and instruction to take root…
My husband and I celebrated our third anniversary this month. I know we haven’t been married long, but it’s becoming hard to remember life without him. These past three years have been a crazy, wonderful, and sometimes challenging ride. We’ve lived in three states, completed our master’s degrees, have a beautiful one-year-old child, and are…
My husband and I, having gotten married young, used to joke that by the time we were old we would always win the contest at weddings for the last couple standing. But especially in our earlier years, imagining getting from here to my eighties with my husband could sometimes feel impossible. I couldn’t fathom how…
Priorities. They drastically change after marriage. You see, about a year and a half before we said “I do,” I moved out of my parents home. Within that period, I worked as a live-in nanny in my city. Then I moved across the country and in with a church’s host family, then with a friend…
