A: It would be very interesting to know whether this question is coming from a wife or husband. My guess is from a husband who is hearing his wife say, “I’m not interested.” Sexual intimacy is a very delicate matter. It’s at the very heart of our sexuality. In marriage, the ideal is that the sexual relationship…
“When I fall in love,” the old song goes, “it will be forever.” But don’t count on it! Our society, tutored by a dreamy mass media, tells us falling in love is the soaring pinnacle of human relationship, the dazzling fulfillment of our emotional existence. Yet social science (along with many of us) has discovered…
My beautiful wife, Christi, is Canadian. If you know anything about Canadian weddings you understand the reception north of the border tends to be more elaborate than its American counterpart, often full of skits, family speeches, dancing and games that keep everybody laughing and crying—often at the same time. In the months prior to our…
Heeding my own advice about technology as a distraction, this weekend we unplugged the TV that has been in our bedroom since the birth of our 4th child late last year. Our original reason for the TV in the room, which was against our better judgement, was to give Stephanie something to do while she…
After a long day of traveling home from this particular summer vacation, my husband Jeremiah and I got into a big argument. We were over-tired and not thinking straight. Words flew carelessly in the air and we threw verbal punches at each other. Shortly after the conflict, I reflected back on one of the evenings…
