Tag: pornography
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One of the Few Things We Have In Common…and 5 Threats to Losing It.

In a few days, Anne and I will celebrate our 18 year anniversary. I still don’t understand what she saw (or sees) in me, but I’m very thankful she said “yes.” Every year, marriage presents new challenges and every year I fall in a deeper love with her. There’s no one else I would do…
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Who Needs Sex? 7 ways to sabotage your marital sex life

It’s always been one of my favorite stories and it was just about the only form of premarital prep that my dad had before marrying my mom. Right before the ceremony, they began to throw a football together. My Uncle David looks at my father and says, “Harold, how do you think God thinks about sex?” I’m…
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Eviction Notices: 8 Things to evict from your mind to help your marriage.

For as he thinks within himself, so he is. Proverbs 23:7 I can’t say that I’ve ever been given an eviction notice. But I assume it’s not a good thing to get one. In my lifetime, I’ve had my power shut off before. I’ve even had collections call. But to get an eviction notice, that’s something…
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Undermining Your Marriage
For this week’s marriage blog, I began to ponder this thing of undermining marriage. There are moments when you and I unknowingly act out situations that, if not corrected, will end up undermining the growth, strength, and future of your marriage. Where I struggle, is when I talk with couples who are acting out in…
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The Comparison Conundrum
My kids have been into riddles lately. The bonus for me: I’ve heard all of the ones they’ve been telling me and it’s sent them on a journey to find a riddle that, one I haven’t heard, and two a riddle that would stump me. Cammi and Ethan are trying to find the right “conundrum.”…