When Mental Illness Lives in Your Home
Mike wasn’t doing well. On days like this, I would step lightly, careful not to break any of the eggshells beneath my feet. It didn’t matter. Our conversation quickly went…
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We All Need a Little Help: Why Marital Counseling Is a Great Idea
Every marriage needs a little help from time to time. Maybe it’s when the kids are little and you lose touch with each other. Maybe it’s when a health crisis…
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Using the Enneagram to Improve Your Marriage
Jeff and I have been married for twenty-four years, and we have two grown kids. If asked, I would quickly respond that we are happily married. But before you think…
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20 Ways to Show Love to Your Wife Or Husband
Many of us are familiar with the 5 Love Languages, what we might not know, though, are specific ways to show love. This list will help get your creative juices…
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Finding Hope for Your Marriage After Military Deployment
Sustaining a military marriage is hard work, especially when deployments keep a family separated for prolonged periods of time. The strain is intensified when the serving spouse is injured in…
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10 Creative Ways to Spend Quality Time With Your Spouse
Life together can get busy, stressful, and sometimes just routine. It is not what we intended, or wanted, it just happens. If we drift in our relationship, we will likely…
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5 Things that the Church Misunderstands About Trauma in a #MeToo World
There is still so much we do not know about the aftereffects of sexual abuse, but one thing is certain: This kind of soul-killing assault leads to trauma. And trauma…
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I Just Watched Porn Again: What Should I Do?
You just watched porn. You probably masturbated. It probably felt great, too. But now it’s all over and you’re staring at the screen feeling sick. What was exciting and enticing…
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Keeping the Sexual Sizzle As You Get Older
Why is it that passionate romance routinely fizzles out over the years? Why does a soulmate so easily become a roommate? Why does the rapid heartbeat of excitement in the…
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What Does Hospitality Look Like When Your Spouse is an Introvert?
When I was thirty-years-old, I fell in love with an introvert named Adam. Resistant to being put in boxes, he pushed back: “I’m an ‘Adam-vert,’” he insisted. In some ways,…
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