The things that draw us together when dating and getting to know each other are often the very things that cause conflicts a few years into marriage.  How do we embrace our differences? How can we love each other through the strengths and weaknesses our differences create? In our twenty plus years of marriage, finances have been always been an...

67% of first time marriages go the distance. I was reading a report on divorce statistics from StatsCan and this fact jumped off the page.  It seemed to contradict a much repeated statistic that 50% of marriages end in divorce.  So which one is true?  Well, they both are actually. Two of every three new marriages will indeed last for life….but...

What do you do when you have quite the sexual past, but you want to have a pure marriage, with a great sex life? Can you rid yourself of the baggage from everything you've already done? Here's a letter that I received recently: I am single, in my late twenties. In my earlier twenties, I did not live a Christian lifestyle. I had sex with two men....

Of course I went to the Olympics! It was so close, and when will it be in our ‘back yard’ again? Just before Christmas a friend asked if we were planning to attend the Vancouver Olympic Games. I heard my husband respond: “I am staying as far away as possible from those crowds”. His comment got me thinking. I wanted to go! I love crowds,...

Yesterday, as I was dropping my daughter off at the local high school we had a rather startling conversation about marital commitment. We had been talking about one of her friends whose parents had just separated. The transition had been tough on her friend. Separation, strained living situations and the drama surrounding the family was supplanting...

It's easy to fall in love with a man you don't trust, but it's hard to live with him. Real, lasting relationships are built on trust. Trust is foundational because it creates a safe environment for intimacy to grow. If your relationship is going to work you need to be able to trust your partner with your past, your present and your future. Trust...

My wife repeated the sentence I could not understand,  "I'm moving out". I searched her eyes for the familiar fire. Seeing none, I thought,  "Who is this woman?" My wife of two years had become an instant stranger. "What are you saying? Why do you want to leave?", I asked. "I'm unhappy and lonely and miserable actually." There, it was...