Tag Archives: Marriage
Some Thoughts on Intimacy and Marriage
Some Thoughts on Intimacy and Marriage I’’m certain you’ve all heard the old adage that men spell intimacy with three letters–SEX. Women spell intimacy with four letters–TALK. It’s one of the consequences of original sin. A man typically thinks you … Continue reading
One Way to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage
One Way to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage How often do you actually celebrate your spouse? How long since you’ve gone out of your way to show your spouse you care? If it hasn’t been at least since yesterday, you might be … Continue reading
The Power of Perseverance
In one of his books, Malcolm Gladwell tells of a research project that was designed test the ability of elementary children to persevere when faced withj an impossible task. Children from both the United States and Japan participated in the … Continue reading
Some LIttle Things To Keep Your Marriage Strong
Couples are often embarrassed when they come to counseling and begin to describe the problems they are facing. They say something like, “These issues seem so small when we actually describe them.” But it’s the small things that hurt a … Continue reading
The Truth About Love
C. S. Lewis described love this way: “Love, in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. It is a state not of the feelings but of the will; that state of the will which we have naturally about ourselves … Continue reading
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
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