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What I’m Loving Lately – Summer 2025

Sometimes it’s good to simply stop and laugh out loud. Or even to tear up...

February 2025

February 18, 2025

Why Can’t My Husband Seem to Take Criticism

Why does my husband seem so ‘fragile’?” The words hung there on the jumbo screens...

February 06, 2025

Why Doesn’t my Wife Feel Secure?

Our nationally representative research for For Men Only revealed that your wife may have a...

September 2024

September 10, 2024

For Women Only Turns Twenty! My Thoughts — and Yours.

For Women Only has a big birthday this month, and it feels like a good...

August 2024

August 27, 2024

6 Tips to Trade Helplessness for Healthy Control (Part 4)

his is the final part of a four-part series on how to root out the...

August 13, 2024

6 Tips to Trade Helplessness for Healthy Control (Part 2)

This is part 2 of a four-part series on how to root out a sneaky...

February 2024

February 20, 2024

What Husbands Need Most From Their Wives (Part 2)

As wives, we have the sacred privilege of realizing how tender our husbands’ hearts really...

February 13, 2024

What Husbands Need Most From Their Wives (Part 1)

This is the first part of a multi-part series on what our spouses need, but...

January 2024

January 18, 2024

What a Unicorn Whale Can Teach Us About Marriage

In other words: Because you saw something from under the surface that was visible for...

January 09, 2024

What an Attitude Adjustment Can Teach Us

If we want to make changes in our lives and relationships in the new year,...

November 2023

November 07, 2023

7 Date Night Do’s and Don’ts (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of a two-part series on date night ideas that can help...

October 2023

October 31, 2023

7 Date Night Do’s and Don’ts (Part 1)

Date night. Have two words ever caused more expectation and pressure for couples? (Well, maybe...

October 03, 2023

You Encouragers Need Encouragement Too!

One of our main goals as a ministry is to equip you because you are...

September 2023

September 05, 2023

What Every Empty Nest Parent Needs to Know (Part 3)

Are you adjusting to an empty nest? This series will help! Part 1 and Part...

July 2023

July 25, 2023

What To Do When You Think “What I Need is Obvious—Why Aren’t You Doing It?”

. If we want to create a great relationship, we have to recognize that what...

June 2023

June 22, 2023

Letting Dads be Dads – Even When it is Terrifying (Part 2)

Our online survey respondents really admire their men! Here’s a sampling of how respondents answered...

June 15, 2023

Letting Dads be Dads – Even When it is Terrifying (Part 1)

In honor of Father’s Day, this two-part blog is a follow up to an earlier...

March 2023

March 21, 2023

8 Relationship Roadblocks that Sabotage Young Couples – Part 2

This is Part 2 of a three-part series for young twenty-something couples pondering marriage –...

November 2022

November 29, 2022

A Devotional Story Update and Tribute

A few years ago, I wrote a devotional book called Find Peace. In Day 9,...

November 03, 2022

Do you need to let go of control in your marriage?

As God has opened my eyes to the ugliness of my controlling, disrespectful behavior, more...

July 2022

July 07, 2022

Top Marriage Advice for Newlyweds (and Everyone Else) About Men and Women

This series has been designed to equip engaged and newlywed couples—and anyone else trying to...

June 2022

June 13, 2022

Cheering Dads in the Daily Things

There is great power in trusting and cheering on your man in the little daily...

February 2022

February 15, 2022

How To Inspire More Romance From Your Man

Ladies, was your Valentine’s Day a little… disappointing? You might be surprised to learn that...

January 2022

January 18, 2022

Male-Bashing Is Really No Joke!

Faithful, capable, responsible men are all around us. But if you watch TV, movies or...

November 2021

November 09, 2021

Men Making a Difference

How could the mere presence of just five or ten adults at a time so...

September 2021

September 28, 2021

Does Your Husband Shut Down When You Ask Questions? Here’s Why

If you’ve ever seen your man shut down when you think you’re just asking questions...

June 2021

June 15, 2021

Here’s What Your Man Is Really Thinking

If we want to improve our relationship with the man we love, we must be...

June 04, 2021

Recognize Your Man’s Romantic Intent When He Wants to Do Things Together

Most men (84%!) care about romance just as much as their wives do! Romance often...

January 2021

January 07, 2021

When You Tease Your Husband, It’s Really No Joke

Learn from the example of highly happy couples to prevent THIS from happening in your...

August 2020

August 06, 2020

Part 2: Your Husband Just Lost His Job: How to Respond

We are facing the greatest time of economic uncertainty in almost 100 years. Our world...