Sex & Love
Safe Sex
Today I am going to take a different approach to the term safe sex. I want to look at the safety of sex in a monogamous marriage. Due to responses I have received from my blog on unmet expectations, I wanted to address safety in the marriage bed. Here is a quote from one of [...] Read More >
5 Tips for Brides
Years ago, my roommate was engaged for a year and a half. For 18 months our apartment was covered in magazines and tulle samples, lists and favors. Eventually the day came and it was lovely. As I walked out of the sanctuary behind the bride and groom the groom looked at his watch, turned [...] Read More >
Tips for Christian Husbands-to-Be
I am not married. Which made writing this post with helpful tips for husbands-to-be a somewhat daunting prospect. “Who am I,” I thought, “to be telling engaged men about married life when I’m not even married?” Therefore, I did what I usually do when I need to write about a topic that’s out of my depth. [...] Read More >
Recession Proof Love
It’s not news to hear that financial issues can put a huge strain on your marriage. Add in the extra stress of job insecurity and the housing market might not be the only thing being devalued. In times of stress it is even more important to take care of the things that really matter. In [...] Read More >
Choosing Love for Eternity
Years ago when I was still in university, I was sitting in my friend’s room, idly staring at one of the posters hanging on her wall. The poster contained many quotations about love. Most of the “love quotes” were pretty cringe-worthy and hardly memorable. But one of them caught my attention. Years later I read it [...] Read More >
Valentines From Heaven
Talk to Shirley as she discusses The Blessings of a Fragile Heart, join us in chat on Feb 8th @ 9:00 pm EST Valentine’s Day can be hard if you feel like you’re on the outside looking in. As Christians, we know we are loved, we’re loved even more than we can understand but it can [...] Read More >
Does God Send Valentines?
Remember those tiny valentine cards we received from classmates in elementary school? And how much we hoped for something special from a certain boy? One was so precious to me I didn’t share it with anyone, but hid it in my sock drawer. I still remember that because there is something so special about Valentine’s [...] Read More >
Unmet Expectations: Sex three times a week?
If you are married, you have experienced unmet expectations in your marriage. We all have, myself included. Expectations begin long before your wedding day. When my husband and I were engaged I met up with a friend my parents’ age who had been married for 25 years. She was very enthusiastic. She told me they had [...] Read More >
“But I Don’t Want a Divorce”
I sat across from him as he poured out his heart. My friend’s marriage was ending, against his wishes. Unfortunately this story repeats itself over and over. You will probably face the same challenge I did. How do you support a friend facing an unwanted divorce? What do you say? There are no guarantees the marriage can [...] Read More >
First Aid for Bruised Hearts – Talk to a mentor
“What’s love got to do with it?” Tina Turner famously asked. For many of us, love – the joy of it, the lack of it, or the confusion that comes with it – is both what gets us up in the morning and what keeps us up at night. If you have a question about love, [...] Read More >
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