Marriage Monday: The Sacred Space Between Us
At our wedding we lit a Unity Candle, did you do something similar? We had no idea at the time how hard it was going to be to let God unto the sacred space between us and truly become One.
Marriage Monday: Wisdom Stops Witless Words
Did you know that Proverbs personifies Wisdom as a woman? “Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars…” How cool is that? I thought it was very cool – until I realized that the same proverb also personifies Folly as a woman! What’s the difference? Wisdom stops witless words.
Marriage Monday: Black Lives Matter for your Marriage
I’ve been wracking my brain to come up with a suitable topic for Marriage Monday all weekend. My thoughts are continuously being hijacked by our racial unrest and George Floyd’s murder. It makes my heart ache, and makes my husband’s heart ache and so this is about marriage. Black Lives Matter for your marriage.
Marriage Monday: Embracing the Different
Why is it so difficult to embrace the different? Those not like us – from our spouse to our neighbor to people of a different race – tend to make us want to categorize and separate. But God has a different plan – embracing the different. How can we do that? All we need is …
Marriage Monday: Staying on Course with our Marriage Mission
A year ago we crafted a marriage mission statement so we could live intentionally in retirement. Our desire is to live in such a way that our kids and grandkids would be inspired to live their lives with purpose and intention. This winter, during COVID, we were challenged: can we really see it through, staying …
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Marriage Monday: Help! We’re so Different
Oneness in marriage is usually a journey. Most of us (69%) marry someone very different from us, personality wise. How can we ever become so close that we are truly “one” when we’re so different?
Marriage Monday: What Do You Do When You Have a Bad Day?
What do you do when you have a bad day? I’ve had many bad days recently. Days when I wondered if my 43 year marriage was about to abruptly end in widowhood, as my husband Bruce fought for his life.
Marriage Monday: When Little Things become Big Things
What do you do when little things become big things? It’s been pretty much non-stop stress for the past 3 weeks, and I found myself having a hissy fit over something very small this morning. So I needed to spend some time thinking about what to do when little things become big things.