The Bible says that when we get married the two become one. Becoming one doesn’t mean that we lose our individuality. It does, however, mean that no longer make decisions without considering and/or consulting our partner. Today’s Marriage...
Every person is created differently. We have different personalities. Different needs. Different capacity levels. Today’s Marriage Monday explores the concept of capacity in marriage.Mark says…Dictionary.com defines capacity as...
When Mark and I wrote the book the Living With Less So Your Family Has More we wanted to challenge families to live with less stress, less activities, and less money than is culturally acceptable. I recently discovered the CWIVES website: Christian Wives...
Jill says…In the same way that a woman longs to be loved, a man longs to be respected. In fact, if a woman feels loved she will likely respect her husband. And if a man feels respected, he will naturally show love to his wife.Mark says…But the opposite is...
Mark and I spend alot of time mentoring broken marriages. A large percentage of those relationships are broken because of infidelity. And most of the time those affairs happened not because someone set out to have an affair, but because there were no protective...
Today’s a holiday…the kids are out of school…and we’re returning from an overnight in Indiana where we celebrated Mark’s mom birthday with a surprise party. So today’s Marriage Monday will depart from it’s normal...
The marriage relationship is directly affected by the emotional health of each partner. Once we get married, it’s important that we continue to grow emotionally, because it will strengthen our ability to relate to our partner. Today’s Marriage...
In marriage, our words can bring life or death to our relationship. Our choice of words and the tone they are delivered with invest in or tear apart our marriage. Today’s Marriage Monday is on the power of our words.Jill says…Seventeen years...
Mark and I are complete opposites in so many ways. He likes coffee and I like tea. He likes spicy food…mild for me. He’s a morning guy and I’m a night owl. He’s an extrovert and I’m an introvert.Today we’re going...
When Mark and I teach our marriage seminars we talk about “McDonald’s Drive-Thru” listening. Today’s Marriage Monday is all about reflective listening.Mark says…When Jill and I were in our difficult season of marriage–between...
At the beginning of the summer, Mark and I announced a Marriage Getaway Giveaway. We encouraged couples to do at least a one night overnight together (either going away for one night or having the kids go somewhere for the night and staying home alone!)....
In marriage, it’s the little things that make a big difference. Today’s Marriage Monday explores the little choices we make everyday that can impact our marriage relationship.Mark says…Last night Jill went walking with a friend. When she...
Today we’ll be departing from the usual Marriage Monday post. We’ve had a very big weekend. Our boys started school this morning and I (Jill) am taking our son-for-the-summer up to O’Hare airport to fly back home to his family in Ukraine. There just...
When our marriage was in it’s darkest season, Mark and I were faced with a bankrupt relationship. We’d made more withdrawals than deposits in our marriage.In order to turn around our hurting relationship, we had to increase the deposits and decrease...
There have been several times in our marriage that Mark and I have sought help. It’s not easy to ask for help, but it’s sometimes necessary for the health and longevity of your relationship.Today we’ll take a look at how to ask for help, how to...
