Posts Tagged With: Marriage
How To Love Your Spouse When You’re In a Rut…
My wife and I have a great marriage. It’s not good… it’s great! Now don’t get confused, this doesn’t mean we don’t fight. It doesn’t mean we always agree. It doesn’t even mean we REALLY like each other all the time, BUT what choose to love each other. We choose to work hard at this [...]
The Magic of a Dry Erase Marker
With facebook, texting, emailing, twitter, blogs…do you ever miss an old-fashioned hand written note? You know…getting a card in the mail or hand passing notes like we did in junior high? There is something special about seeing your loved one’s handwriting. It’s theirs and only theirs. A small gift to you from them. Here’s an [...]
Datenites…make dating your spouse a priority
Joe and I go out twice a month on a hot date! Yes, after 15 yrs of marriage, 18 yrs together, and 20 yrs of knowing each other, we still date! We know relationships take work…hard work, so we carve out time to spend together. Alone. Without the kiddos. (Moms…this one can be a hard [...]
She’s worth it!
Today, we’ve been married 14 years! It’s been an amazing 14 years of ups and downs. We’ve had moments of success and moments of failures. We’ve had moments of sheer joy and moments of excruciating pain. Through it all, we can honestly say that love is a choice and we’ve chosen to stick with it [...]
Tuesday Tip – Preventing the Meltdown
In the book Fighting for your Marriage, my wife and I have discovered what we consider to be one of the greatest tools for marriage. It’s a communication technique that we call “The Ice Cream Scooper”. Here’s the general concept: Think of a nuclear power plant. What’s going on? I am in no way presuming [...]
Keeping it together
Many of you know that along with being a Children’s Ministry Pastor, I am also a Christian counselor. Over the past few weeks I have been working with numerous couples in various stages of their marriage. Regardless of the stage they’re currently in, one thing is consistent with each of them… their marriage is in [...]
Tuesday Tip… Jesus Hates Ants – by Derek and Missy Irvin
“I’m not good enough.” ……. “I can’t change” ……. “Why try, it won’t make a difference” What all of these phrases have in common is that they are examples of thoughts that go through Christian’s minds every day. If left unchallenged, these thoughts will come to define us and bind us. ANT’s stands for Automatic [...]
Peace At All Costs- by Derek and Missy Irvin
The only thing worse than constant marital conflict is cool marital withdrawal. Though exhausting, at least a couple that is in conflict cares enough to battle. However, once withdrawal sets in, the heart starts to atrophy. DANGER: It is possible to get so fatigued with open conflict in a marriage that you start to mistake [...]
