The chorus of  "I'm Bad Like Jesse James" is a simple refrain: "'I'm mad, I'm bad, like Jesse James." The Jesse James referred to in the song is the 19th century bank robber. It is a different Jesse James who has been in the news recently, but in the eyes of many the modern Jesse James is easily as villainous as the infamous bank robber. Jesse...

There’s been a lot of news lately about Sandra Bullock and her husband Jesse James. It saddens me that they are just the latest in a long, long line of celebrities who have had to live their marital issues in pubic.  I know that it is part of being famous, but it seems especially cruel to have your heartache splashed across the glossy pages of...

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 the responses, “I cried myself to sleep for yrs throughout a 14 yr marriage...

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 a great marriage and that...

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...

We've all been there. Somebody says something to you and it feels like taking a sharp jab. Words can be painful and like a bruise, they can linger for a long time. Words are the most powerful thing in the world. They have the ability to completely restore and uplift, yet simultaneously they can keep us tortured and sleepless. How many sentences...

Story told by Tom Archibald and Suellen Beatty, written by Laurie Wang TOM: Suellen likes to introduce me as her first and third husband because it surprises people. I can see why some people think it’s shocking and I guess it is, but I am so grateful to God that I have the privilege of being her husband today. A marriage  with God in it...