How to Keep Love Alive with a House Full of Kids Wondering How to Keep Love Alive with a House Full of Kids? It’s possible! After three decades of marriage, John and I have made our relationship a priority. There are no shortcuts to marital intimacy. But if you make the effort and take the time… [Continue Reading]
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Here’s a Secret about Your Sex Life
Psst . . . I Have a Secret. Your sex life can get better with time. It’s true! I know it might seem a bit taboo to bring this up, but the truth is, sex and marriage go hand-in-hand. That’s God’s design. God created our bodies in such a way that our intimacy is deepened… [Continue Reading]
Keep Praying for Your Future Husband
Even if you feel as if God isn’t listening, I want to encourage you to keep praying for your future husband. Maybe you started praying in your teens and you’re in your 20s, 30s, or 40s now. Perhaps you’ve started to believe that your prayers are doing NOTHING. Sometimes it may seem like that’s true,… [Continue Reading]
Little Foxes (and One Big One) that Can Destroy a Marriage | Sharon Jaynes
Little Foxes (and One Big One) that Can Destroy a Marriage I was going through a drawer at my mom’s house, looking for a scratch pad, when I came across a small vinyl record. It was in a cardboard sleeve dated 1950. My dad made the record for my mom when he was in the… [Continue Reading]
Don’t Give Up Too Soon on Your Marriage
Don’t Give Up Too Soon on Your Marriage It’s not our anniversary, but a good marriage is worth celebrating. And the thing is, there was a time when I felt my feelings fade. It was a busy season of homeschooling two teens and a pre-teen. John was working hard and serving in ministry. I was… [Continue Reading]
A Marvelous Journey with an Amazing God
Dear Montana, we’re coming for vacation soon … I can’t wait. Seriously Montana is one of my favorite places on earth. We lived there for fifteen years, and I never took it for granted– its beauty, the people, the peace. Ten years ago, I was a mom of three (nearly an empty nester), serving in… [Continue Reading]
How to Invite Others Into Your Healing through Transparency
Years ago, in 2005, I faced one of the hardest struggles of my life. I thought I was doing so well—as a writer, as a mom, and as a wife. One November, I pondered my family and my work, and I thought things couldn’t get any better. I even prayed Psalm 139:23-24: Search me,… [Continue Reading]
5 Ways to Encourage Singles While They Wait on God | Kristen Tiber
Scroll below for a chance to win a paperback copy of Kristen Tiber’s At the Well! When I think back to my single days, I am very thankful I had a group of girlfriends with whom to hang out during the years before I got married. The time of waiting to meet and marry my… [Continue Reading]
Love Book + Giveaway!
My husband is one of the hardest people to buy. Mostly because he’s just so content. There isn’t much he needs . . . or even wants. My man loves time together. He also love to hear how much I love and respect him. This year I decided to get John a Love Book. I… [Continue Reading]
Where Does Your Husband Go To Be Admired and Appreciated? | Sharon Jaynes
Where does your husband go for admiration and appreciation? He goes somewhere. All men do. Does he go to work in hopes of hearing “Job well done”? Does he go to the ball field in hopes of hearing “Way to go, man”? Does he go back home to mother to hear “I’m so proud of… [Continue Reading]
Four Marriage Fades You Need to STOP Today | Jill Savage
My husband Mark and I have been are getting ready to celebrate our 34th anniversary, and 25 of those years were happy ones. Marriage has always been up and down for us, but six years ago Mark really lost his way and found himself in a midlife crisis…affair included. He was disillusioned with God, the… [Continue Reading]