There’s More To Life Than Sex
We are all sexual beings. It’s part of our design. Sexuality plays a role in most everything we encounter. And our society has become more and more sexualized. But in marriage, there’s more to life than sex. Did I really just say that out loud? I guess I did. A major component of a fulfilling [...]
Preparing Hearts for Remarriage
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Gary Smalley of smalley.cc. If you are preparing for remarriage or helping couples prepare for remarriage, you need to know there are many unique circumstances and situations that make remarried hearts more vulnerable to confusion, hurt, anger and conflict than hearts looking forward to being joined in [...]
Redefining Fidelity
Last week’s post, It’s Just Window Shopping, Right?, appeared to stir up some great conversations. I followed along with every new comment, and loved reading the back a forth that took place between several readers. The discussion was respectful, and helpful. But I do want to clear up a couple of things that were mentioned [...]
Hey Fellas: It’s just window shopping, right?
I’m a regular at Panera. Its where I do most of my writing. One morning a couple of years ago, I’m typing away and notice a group of guys meeting together. The interesting thing about this is the way they were interacting with each other and those around them. The guys were obviously friends and [...]
How seriously do you take your marriage?
Let’s say you’re a 42 year old person, in pretty good shape. You exercise several times a week, eat okay, and outside of the occasional cold, are healthy. You’ve been married for over 15 years, have a couple of kids, nice house, and a good job. One morning you wake up to find that you [...]
8 Proven Ways To Create Great Dates
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Sarah Baron of Anonymous8. Out of curiosity, we asked the readers of Anonymous8 the following question: “What is the best/most memorable date night you’ve ever had?” Boy were we surprised. We received over 350 answers, and these aren’t just answers. They are hilarious, romantic, stand-out stories (which [...]
What Everybody Ought To Know About Submission
A discussion broke out in the comments of Are You Making These Marriage Mistakes about submission. Should you be submissive to your partner in marriage? Or more specifically as the comment thread went: should a wife submit to her husband’s leadership? This has been a common discussion in several comment threads throughout the years here [...]
Are you guilty of these marriage mistakes?
Over 17 years of my life has been spent in marriage. Overall, these years have been good, if not great at times. There are other times however, when marriage has been anything but good. Sadly, a majority of these times where brought on by my own stupidity. I’ve made many of the following mistakes throughout [...]
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