Forgiveness Is Not A Feeling
Learning to forgive is CRITICAL to building a healthy marriage. We’ve only had “little” offenses to forgive each other on this first year, but I’m not going to kid myself that “little” hurts are all that’ll ever touch our marriage. Even so, in this first year I’ve had plenty of opportunities to practice forgiveness (and so has my...... >Read More
Tags:
apologize,
forgive,
forgiveness,
healthy marriage,
marriage,
relationships,
resolving conflict,
sex and love
No Comments »
I Just Called To Say "I Love You"
Don and Jen's love story started at a pool in Vancouver. After their first date he called her everyday, right around lunch time, just to see how she was. When he proposed she said yes right away. Not long after their first child was born, things got a bit more complicated. Don grew angry and Jen withdrew. They separated... >Read More
Tags:
Center Street Church,
communication,
divorce,
marriage,
remarriage,
sex and love
No Comments »
New Baby, Distant Husband
“Ever since I had the baby, my husband has been distant.”
In the midst of all the excitement of new baby, especially the first baby, you rarely hear expectant parents talking about how this child will change their marriage. Babies are wonderful, let’s be clear about that, but they are also one of the biggest changes a marriage will ever...... >Read More
Tags:
distant husband,
healthy marriage,
infant,
marriage,
new baby,
newborn,
parenting,
pregnancy,
priorities,
protecting your marriage,
sex,
sex and love,
sex problems,
sex resources
No Comments »
The Power of Sorry
“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”
Do you remember that saccharine line from the famous 1970 movie Love Story? It sounded icky to us then, and it sounds icky to us now. If you came of age under the spell of that cloying mantra, we’d like to set the record straight once and for all: it’s a big... >Read More
Tags:
apology,
communication,
healthy marriage,
marriage,
romance,
sex and love
No Comments »
How to Be Happily Married
Neil Josephson has been married for over 30 years. He’s discovered that the biggest challenge in his marriage hasn’t been any of the circumstances that he and his wife have faced. The biggest threat to being happily married is being selfish.
He says, “Here’s what I realized: I could continue to be selfish, or I could be happily married....... >Read More
Tags:
faith & sprirituality,
FamilyLife,
FamilyLife Canada,
happy marriage,
husband,
improve marriage,
improving your marriage,
life stories,
marriage,
marriage advice,
Neil Josephson,
relationship,
sex and love,
TruthMedia Films,
wife
No Comments »
Why Do I Struggle with Sexual Intimacy?
There’s another way your abuse could be impacting you and that’s in your enjoyment and desire for sex with your spouse. In addition to the ways sexual abuse damages our bodies, spirits and emotions, sexual abuse also damages our view of sex. When we’ve been used for others’ sexual pleasure the experience becomes associated with a negative...... >Read More
Tags:
abuse,
childhood sexual abuse,
effects of abuse,
healing,
help,
intimacy,
sex and love,
sex problems,
sexual abuse
No Comments »
How Do I Know if I Need Healing?
Sometimes we can feel a certain way for so long that it starts to feel normal, comfortable even. It becomes so familiar that we stuff down that nagging thought that we should do something about our struggles. The process of healing can seem scarier than what we’re experiencing now.
I met a woman at a retreat who began to share... >Read More
Tags:
abuse,
effects of abuse,
healing,
help,
intimacy,
sex and love,
sex problems,
sexual abuse
No Comments »
Is God a Prude?
Does God smile on love but frown on sex? Does God want... >more
Stop Trying To Make Her Happy
Men, if you want to have a great relationship here is my... >more
What Do You Fear?
