If we want transformed lives and a transformed marriage, we need to confess our sins to each other regularly. Confession is simply an honest, humble admission of the ways we have fallen short of God’s laws and hurt someone in the process. Author Soong-Chan Rah writes in Prophetic Lament, “Confession acknowledges the need for God…
My wife and I sat at dinner a week ago as tension spiked between my two daughters. Someone’s portion of leftover Easter candy outweighed the other’s for dessert. As we attempted to iron out their issue with intense negotiation, I looked over at my wife and thought: Wow, it’s been awhile since she and I have had one of those…
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,…
I have always been a pretty confident person. Growing up in a family with nine children, my confidence set me apart from the pack. Every Christmas my father would write our holiday letter, and two phrases were repeatedly used of me in my early years: “a pit bull on red bull” and “tiger meat wrapped…
The sincerity in her eyes was unmistakable. Whatever I said next, she would eagerly drink in. Her eyes were wide open, and so was her heart. Her question was direct, genuine, and ardent. If only I had the answer. Katie (not her real name) and I had been meeting weekly for a few months. Shortly…
