Category: Marriage
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“Look What You Made Me Do”: 4 Thoughts on Mistakes in Marriage
About a couples years ago, I was letting my daughter back out the car and, well, she ran over the mailbox (yes I have permission from her to share this). When she ran it over, her first response was “If you wouldn’t have parked the car crooked, that wouldn’t have happened.” Enter a “dad-talk” about…
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Marriage Blog: 2 Thoughts about Navigating Through Your Differences
I’m a proponent of dating before and after marriage. Dating, in my opinion, is a very good thing on both sides of marriage. What you used to win a heart before marriage helps you keep a heart after you’ve married. But if you’re not careful, you can get deceived by the pre-marriage dating process. Let…
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Turn Signals: 2 Types of Marital Signals
We all have signals. Whether we purposely try, we operate in them all the time. I can pick up the signals from my staff on what kind of morning they’ve had just by their body language, the tone of their voice, or their silence when they come in and slam their office door. Two Sundays…
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Marriage Mondays: 3 Ways We Can Play fair
So I thought I’d try something new. For the past 5 years-ish, I’ve reserved most of my marriage blogging for Fridays as people are heading into the weekend. So I thought, like a good cup of Costa Rican coffee on Monday morning, I’d start off the week with a simple marital challenge. So today, I…
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Use your inside voice: 5 Thoughts on Your Marital Tone
“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” – Romans 12:18 “Use your inside voice” has been a parenting tactic for years. For some parents, it’s an attempt at telling a child to “quiet down” but in a nicer way. Randomly, I hear parents tell this to…
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Why so Serious? 3 Ways to Invest Laughter in Your Marriage
My wife I and love to laugh (even as I type that, I almost see it as an understatement). It’s one of our two essential elements of a healthy marriage. Jesus. Gives us a foundation and structure to build with. Laughter. Gives us a healthy connection and a filter to process life. Anne and I…
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Marriage Blog: 3 Thoughts About Your Marital Diet
Ever had one of those moments where, you know you’ve heard something before, but this time, it really stuck? “You can’t out train a bad diet.” A week ago, I was driving to visit someone in the church and listening to a podcast from a pastor I admire. At this point, I can’t remember what…
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Never Alone: 5 Thoughts on Marital Responsibility and Commitment
I love talking to couples. Marriage fascinates me as not only do I want to learn more to bless other couples, I want to glean so that my marriage can grow. My “go-to” question for couples is simple: “What do you know now that you wish you would’ve known before you got married?” I’ll admit,…
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Peace at ALL Costs? 3 “Helps” to Real Peace in Marriage
“Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.” Hebrews 12:14 Of the plethora of conversations I have about marriage, one issue comes up consistently with both pre-married couples AND married couples: Keeping the peace in the home. Usually I…
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Anniversary Thoughts: 19 Lessons from 19 Years of Marriage
Today is our anniversary. And as a tradition, on May 23, I do a bit of a blog to honor the bride that agreed to journey life with me. But before the list comes out, I need to give you some background to what stirred this blog. On Sunday, I was preaching, perhaps,…
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