A Holiday Getaway Does holiday stress have you and your spouse desperate for some quiet downtime? During the month of December, plan at least one weekend getaway with your mate and leave behind the chores, commitments and chaos of the season to give your marital intimacy a boost. Slowing down…
It takes a lot to mess up a marriage, just as it takes a lot to make a marriage work. In my professional experience as a relationship counsellor and my 29 years of marriage, I believe that most of us enter into this most important relationship with high hopes and…
Travelling Christmas “Our two families live on opposite sides of the country so our first Christmas as a married couple was always going to involve a big decision. Friends advised us to spend it alone so as to avoid offending anybody but we weren’t keen; we both come from big…
If you’ve learned marital lessons, you can help couples prepare for matrimony. by Susan Graham Mathis As I printed out the premarital assessment my daughter and her fiancé had taken, my heart pounded. My husband, Dale, and I had used the PREPARE assessment numerous times as premarital counsellors and found…
by Michelle Cox I’m sure it must have been a huge shock when my husband discovered that his new bride wasn’t perfect. By the time our wedding day arrived, we were best friends as well as sweethearts, but that didn’t lessen the impact of discovering we’d have to make major adjustments as…
Written by Tricia Goyer We heard the news via email. Another husband and wife we knew were getting divorced. They seemed like the perfect couple. They both had thriving careers and great kids. There was no infidelity, and no financial woes burdened them down. They’d just grown apart. They’d become…
Written by Mitch Temple Ten practical tips to help and encourage a friend in a struggling marriage: Pray for them by name. Ask God to intervene in their marriage. Ask God to give you and others wisdom to know how to help. Pray in their presence as well as when alone.…
Throwing out your unrealistic expectations about your spouse by Karl Lachler God’s arithmetic is simple but intriguing: “Two shall become one” (Genesis 2:24). Modern culture doesn’t get it—being so focused on division. Just look at the marriage and divorce statistics. Where God intends to make two into one, we split…
Turning Annoyances Around by Phil Callaway Six months before my wedding day, an elderly friend tapped my shoulder in the post office and offered me some free advice. “Ramona’s a lovely girl,” he said. “She deserves a good husband. Marry her before she finds one.” Then he whispered a curious…
