Change for the Better

I picked up the tax package sent by our CPA. For once, I'd surprise my husband Henry and get our tax information in early. As I scanned the lines, ...

Crumby Guests

Our wedding reception, in my parents' home, ended late. Mom didn't try to clean up until the next morning. To her dismay, there were cake crumbs everywhere! ...

Marriage Isn't a Power Play

Married folk are not to act as they now usually do. The men are almost lions in their homes, hard toward their wives and servants. The women, too, everywhere ...

The Church and Marriage

As marriage is a metaphor for the church, so the church is a metaphor for marriage. The church has a unity we are to preserve. The church has a diversity ...

The Theological Importance of Marriage

The Lord honored marriage by selecting it as a favored metaphor for his relationship with us, the church. We are his bride, loved and nurtured.

Happiness in Black and White

At a wedding we were attending, my granddaughter Melissa asked, "Why is a bride always dressed in white?"

"Because white represents happiness ...

Listening with a Closed Mouth

Listening intently with one's mouth shut is a basic communication skill needed in marriages.

Parents Make Happy Holidays

I'm lucky my parents have stayed together. Unlike so many of my friends, I've never had to cry on a holiday.

Passion for Fidelity

The instinct of fidelity is perhaps the deepest instinct in the great complex we call sex. Where there is real sex there is the underlying passion for ...

The Grace of a Loving Marriage

It is the highest grace of God when love continues to flourish in married life. The first love is ardent, is an intoxicating love, so that we are blinded ...