Family

Awaken Love

Okay, that's a really corny title, but I've been thinking for a while about the verse in Song of Solomon which says, "Do not awaken love until it is ready." I think some of us have let our love be awakened too early, or too abruptly, and so it never really woke at all. Several routes to this disastrous awakening exist. The first is obvious:...

Featured Content

More Categories

1:09
Intentional Marriage
Time Away: Balancing Work and Family

When you’re in a leadership position it’s not that easy to just switch off and go on vacation.  But if your family doesn’t have your full attention they’ll know it and you might as well stay at work. Leonard Buhler, president of Power to Change, shares one habit he developed to create a balance that honors both work and family. Take the...

No Comments »
Intentional Marriage
Married Women Increase Libido by Having More Sex

Here’s the awful truth that many wives discover as soon as they’re married: sex sometimes is kind of blah. In fact, it’s a lot more blah than she ever thought it would be. But in the movies and in magazines it’s always presented as something breathless, rapturous, and amazing. We get the impression that is what sex is supposed to be. It’s...

No Comments »
Intentional Marriage
What Do You Do When Sex Hurts?

Fibromyalgia. MS. Migraines. Chronic fatigue. Chronic pain. Back problems. Even pregnancy. All these things can cause us to feel horrible and definitely impacts libido! So what do we do if we're honestly feeling horrible, and yet our husbands still want to make love? He wants to get pleasure from something that seems to be causing you pain. That...

No Comments »
Intentional Marriage
Planning for Baby Number One

“Are we ready for this?” The decision to start a family is one of the biggest decisions you’ll ever make.  There is excitement and apprehension, not to mention all the comments from family who think it is about time. So how do you get ready for this momentous occasion? Let me suggest a few things to consider before you go off birth control. How...

No Comments »
Intentional Marriage
Making Decisions in Marriage

My wife wants me to talk about decisions every week. I just want to have fun and be with her. We end up fighting about how much money we can spend on rent, where we should spend Mother’s Day, when I will go back to grad school and more. It’s exhausting and totally drains our joy. Marriage is becoming a decision-making drag. How can we get through...

No Comments »
Intentional Marriage
3 Critical Tools for Paying Off Debt

This is the time of year when many people look at their debt situation and shudder. They dream of what it would be like to be out of debt. And, if they're brave, they begin to plan a strategy to reduce the amount of debt they carry. They'll begin with high hopes. But many of them will quit before reaching their goal, disappointed, discouraged...

No Comments »
Intentional Marriage
10 Things Guys Wish Women Knew about Men

It is likely no surprise to you that God has wired women and men differently. We all recognize some of these differences, but others often hide in plain sight. Shaunti Feldhahn, a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, author and speaker recently wrote a fantastic book, For Women Only: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of Men. In it,...

No Comments »