Marriage
What is Love?
So what is Love? I’ve used several definitions over the years. One that I’ve used a lot is that “Love is an emotional-volitional response to an intellectual evaluation of another person.” I used this some years ago while teaching a … Continue reading
Communication Styles and the Family
We talked in the last posting about the two communication styles that are basically a result of our DNA. One is the inferential; the other the literal. Let’s look at an example: My wife is inferential in her style. … Continue reading
The Opposite of a Loveless Marriage
It’s not too hard to describe what is often called a loveless marriage. I remember working with one couple who said that all they did was argue and fight, and they were tired of their loveless marriage. For them, it … Continue reading
The Intentional Family
My wife and I recently discovered the TV series “Blue Bloods.” We have enjoyed it so much, we bought the whole first season on ITunes, and have been working our way through those early programs. What do we like about … Continue reading
The Intentional Marriage
Have you ever wondered what would happen if a couple spent as much time, money, and effort in working on their marriage as they did on their wedding? I remember first asking myself that question when a young couple … Continue reading
Something Important in Addition to Praying Together
As I reread the Ellison study on “Couples Who Pray Together” in the Journal of Marriage and Family, and which we referred to in the August 6th post, I was struck by something I had missed in my first reading. … Continue reading
The Couple that Prays Together
I want to report the results of a fascinating research project led by Christopher Ellison at the University of Texas, San Antonio. and reported in the “Journal of Marriage and Family.” But first, I want to look back to the … Continue reading