Battered Wives in the Church

While Christian marriages have been shown to have a lower incidence of abuse, the tragic truth is that wife battering occurs in Christian homes as well. ...

What Is Conversation?

When men and women refer to "conversation," they might not be talking about the same thing at all, observes communication theorist Deborah Tannen: ...

Life Is Adjustment

What is life if not adjustment--to different times, to our changing circumstances, and to each other?

Love Must Be Blind

It is impossible to keep peace between man and woman in family life if they do not condone and overlook each other's faults but watch everything to ...

We Are Like the Moon

Men are like the earth and we are like the moon; we turn always one side to them and they think there is no other.

Opposites Aid Growth

God put the opposites of his creation together for a reason. He knew that out of a man's and woman's differences, growth would take place. When ...

In Sickness or in Health

I took you, love,

In sickness or in heath,

For better or for worse.

And now I live my promise out. ...

The promises we made

Hold and support us both.

We are ...

Put Together by God

Like a tree,

I cannot move my roots,

for yours are intertwined among them.

Let us both be strong in God,

yet weak enough to draw from each other.

We are not ...

Resurrected Marriages

I have seen resurrection in marriage after marriage when the persons became genuinely convicted by their sin and did not see divorce as an option.

Dad' Responsibilities

Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're ...