Crushes…they seem so innocent… “aw, a little crush”. Crushes are innocent, but only if you’re not committed to anyone else. If you are, and especially if you’re married, that “little crush” is dangerous. Not the “Ooo, I like dangerous” variety, but “warning bells, amber flashing lights and florescent pylons around an abyss...... >Read More

Tags: affair-proof, Andrea Shair, attractive, crush, family issues, family values, healthy marriage, like, marriage, Men, priorities, protecting your marriage, relationships. spouse, sex and love, Women

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Last summer my husband and I embarked on a 90-day, 7000 mile road-trip around the western United States. The trip was a dream come true, one that we had been planning for several years. Our itinerary revolved around our shared passions of camping, rock climbing and mountain biking, which filled the months with adventure, amazing scenery and accomplishment....... >Read More

Tags: commitment, family values, healthy marriage, improving your marriage, Jesus, love, love languages, marriage, Men, negative thoughts, positive thinking, protecting your marriage, relationship, Resources, sex and love, the Word, Women

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What is love? Is it definable? Is it a feeling? A passion? Is love always romantic? The dictionary defines love as, “a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person, a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection for a parent, child, or friend, sexual desire, affectionate concern for the well-being of others, the benevolent...... >Read More

Tags: destiny, forgiveness, God, hope, intimacy, love, Lynn Mosher, marriage, meaning, Men, passion, romance, Self, Women

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Does your career own you? Do household chores keep you from quality time—or any time—from your kids? Do the demands of errands and meetings and emergencies keep you from catching your breath? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, you might be suffering from workaholism. In the United States today, about seventeen percent of adults,...... >Read More

Tags: bill strom, busy, children, Family, marriage, Men, relationships, Self, Women, work, workaholic

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I meet many married women who love their husbands but don’t love sex. Their question is always the same: they want to know why. Is it the stress of marriage, children, work? Or could it be more than sheer exhaustion or waning libido?   Could it have something to do with the sex they had before they got married? After... >Read More

Tags: Barbara Wilson, challenges & conflicts, communication, FamilyLife Canada, intimacy, marriage, Men, rekindle love, relationships, Romance & Sex, sex, sex and love, sex resources, sexual intimacy, sexual past, sexual problems, spouse, Women

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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...... >Read More

Tags: beth scholes, challenges & conflict, commitment, communication, difference, FamilyLife Canada, finances, Fun, healthy marriage, marriage, Men, relationships, resolving conflict, sex and love, spouse, Women, work

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I gave a homeless man five minutes of my time, a smile and a chance to earn a few dollars. In return he taught me a valuable lesson. Honestly I had tried to avoid him at first. I saw him walking toward me as I pushed my grocery cart across the parking lot. He wore cutoff jeans, a t-shirt with... >Read More

Tags: charity, crisis, God, gratitude, Men, prayer, Rebecca Sample, rejoicing, thankfulness, Women, worry, worrying

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