Category Archives: Marriage

Megyn Kelly and Dr. Laura Podcast

In the first hour of this Megyn Kelly show, she interviews Dr. Laura and they discuss marriage, parenting, sex, and life. I found it to be a fascinating and thought provoking discussion between two strong women who value marriage, have been … Continue reading

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Beck’s Hybrids Podcast

Becks is a seed corn company. They sponsor a podcast, Across the Acres, that is typically interviewing employees, dealers and farmers while connecting, challenging and inspiring others often about topics in agriculture. In this podcast, two Beck’s employees, Adam and … Continue reading

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Couple Checkup by Prepare & Enrich

We have been marriage mentors for several years. One of the resources we often use to help us understand a couple, and for them to understand themselves, is an assessment by Prepare & Enrich. The assessment has been developed from … Continue reading

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It Was Worth It

If you have read this blog much, you know that our marriage was very shaky at one time. We had a lot of pain, many struggles, and much work that had to be done to reconcile before we ended up … Continue reading

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Marriage & Wedding Themes in Scripture

When you survey God’s big story in scripture you will notice that a wedding and/or a marriage are major themes starting at the beginning of history in Genesis, until the closing of time at the brink of eternity in Revelation.  … Continue reading

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Marriage & Divorce Scriptures

I want to bring most of the major Scriptures about marriage and divorce together in one place. If you are a Christian studying or contemplating marriage or divorce, you will probably often hear people say that the Bible says “this … Continue reading

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Old Behavior Patterns and Starting Over

One of Sharon’s and my struggles after our separation was that even though we had learned a lot of new communication and conflict resolution skills and adopted more positive attitudes towards each other during our separation – both of which … Continue reading

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Resource: CMBA

A good place to find resources about marriage and relationships from a Christian perspective is the Christian Marriage Bloggers Association. They have a huge list of Christian bloggers on many different topics related to marriage/relationships and I have found this to … Continue reading

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Life Hack: Finances

One area of marriage that tends to have a lot of conflict is finances, however there are some simple things that can be done to at least prevent some of the conflict. Years into our marriage we went to a … Continue reading

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Life Hack: Sharing a Calendar

We teach quite a few tools about how to resolve conflict, but most of the time it is easier to just minimize conflict. Having a shared calendar is one way to minimize conflict over schedules. We’ve learned over the years … Continue reading

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