Marriage Monday: No More Perfect Marriages Resources

Feb 2, 2015 | 2 comments

There were so many resources that helped us on our No More Perfect Marriages journey. (You can find all of our posts in the No More Perfect Marriages series here.) Today we’d like to share them with you. The first resource we want you to know about is a FREE...

Day 10: There Is Hope and Healing

Jan 30, 2015 | 6 comments

This is Day 10 of a 10 day No More Perfect Marriages series chronicling our journey from infidelity to restoration. You can click here and find all of the posts in this series. Jill says: Mark returned home two months after Easter.  We continued counseling for another...

Day 9: The Marriage Fade That Begins With Avoiding Emotion

Jan 29, 2015 | 2 comments

This is Day 9 of a 10 day No More Perfect Marriages series chronicling our journey from infidelity to restoration. You can click here and find all of the posts in this series. Mark says: When sharing my story with others, I have often said that I identify with Peter...

Day 8: The Marriage Fade That Begins With Disagreement

Jan 28, 2015 | 4 comments

This is Day 8 of a 10 day No More Perfect Marriages series chronicling our journey from infidelity to restoration. You can click here and find all of the posts in this series. Jill says: One night shortly after Mark left, our daughter Anne called me and said she’d...

Day 7: The Marriage Fade that Begins With Not Accepting

Jan 27, 2015 | 4 comments

This is Day 7 of a 10 day No More Perfect Marriages series chronicling our journey from infidelity to restoration. You can click here and find all of the posts in this series. Today we’re offering the perspective of one of our children. Our oldest daughter, Anne, will...

Day 6: The Marriage Fade the Starts with Naïveté

Jan 26, 2015 | 0 comments

This is Day 6 of a 10 day series. You can find the other days here. Mark says: In all areas of my life: in ministry, in my job, with God, and in my marriage, I didn’t feel like I was “enough.” It felt like I was falling short in every relationship I had. The only...

Day 5: The Marriage Fade that Starts w/ Minimizing

Jan 23, 2015 | 5 comments

This is Day 5 of a 10 day series. You can find the other days here. Jill says: I sat across from my emotionally closed off husband in the marriage counselors office. He indicated that he knew the affair was wrong, but he did not want to stop it. Mark says: I had shut...

Day 4: The Marriage Fade that Starts w/ Defensiveness

Jan 22, 2015 | 4 comments

This is Day 4 of a 10 day series. You can find the other days here. Mark says: Yesterday we talked about pursuing honest communication. One of the biggest blocks to honest conversations are defensive responses.  Defensive responses are self-justifying and...

Day 3: Unrealistic Expectations in Marriage

Jan 21, 2015 | 4 comments

This is Day 3 of a 10 day series. You can find the entire series here.   Mark says:  I didn’t realize coming into marriage how much idealism and unrealistic expectation drove my everyday thinking and perspective. I’ve always struggled wanting our relationship, our...

No More Perfect Marriages Day 2: It’s a Slow Fade

Jan 20, 2015 | 10 comments

Thanks so much for joining us! This is Day 2 of an 10 day blog series. You can find the entire series here.   Mark says: After our trip to Florida, I began talking regularly with an old girlfriend on Facebook.  She had gone through a divorce and we had briefly...

No More Perfect Marriages–A 10 Day Blog Series

Jan 19, 2015 | 22 comments

Jill says: Some of you have been hanging around here for a long time and you may remember when I shared about Mark leaving 3 years ago and then several months later about him coming home. Some of you are newer friends and aren’t aware that my marriage has been through...