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July 2016

July 28, 2016

Worth It: Reflections on Twelve Years of Marriage

July 17th was Ben and my twelfth wedding anniversary. 14ish years together. I used to...

October 2015

October 15, 2015

Nourishing Romance In Our Marriages

Once upon a time, a boy and a girl who were very much in love...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

#DefundPlannedParenthood

If we demand that congress defund Planned Parenthood (as we should), we cannot expect God...

June 2015

June 11, 2015

Three Ingredients to the Best Sex Ever

Arguably, this is one of my most favorite subjects. If you're wondering what a 31-year-old,...

June 07, 2015

The Problem With Anger

When someone gives way to ungodly anger, the sin is destructive and bad. But when...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

Leggings and Burka Culture

I know the author of the article Why I Chose to No Longer Wear Leggings...

January 17, 2015

The Blessing of Biblical Headship

Ten years into the marriage and I'm learning to communicate better with my husband. I'm...

January 14, 2015

Marriage For Glory #1: The Foundation of a Christian Marriage

Whether you are single, engaged, married, divorced, or widowed, the fact is that the grace...

December 2014

December 03, 2014

Choose Beauty

Just because you’re a mom doesn’t mean you have to give up being a woman....

November 2014

November 07, 2014

Marriage

I listened to these two sermons today and they were the best sermons I've ever...

November 07, 2014

Help for Hurting Wives

Check out this excellent post, The Trauma of Your Husband's Porn Use, for eight practical...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

Becoming One, Take Two

Finding privacy, time and energy for sex seem to be common dilemmas for couples with...

October 21, 2014

Motherhood Can Be All Consuming

Please join me today over at Pearl's OysterBed, where I am talking about intimacy in early...

October 16, 2014

How To Make A Woman Beautiful

Do not allow your wife to swallow the lie that she is not beautiful. Ever....

July 2014

July 17, 2014

10 Years

About 13 years ago my bestie and I made check lists of who our dream...

July 10, 2014

Ladies, Be Courageous!

READ THIS: Married men: your porn habit is an adultery habitThis is something women need to...

July 06, 2014

Catching Fire

Wives, do you want to learn how to satisfy your husband in bed? Do you want...

July 06, 2014

Zing Bang

"If your desires for your marriage come out of brokenness or fear, your desires cannot...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Behind Closed Doors

Wives, "There is nothing wrong with you. God made you unique and wonderful. Society wants...

June 17, 2014

It’s Up to You

It doesn't seem to matter what sins your parents, your siblings, your spouse or your...

June 09, 2014

Sex, Drugs, Ink and Purity

Purity is not what you do or have done. It was not lost with how...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Forgiveness and Trust

Confusing forgiveness and trust means that forgiveness doesn’t actually have any teeth; it’s grace without...

April 22, 2014

Christian Submission

"The word submission, on its own, holds no moral value whatsoever. Submission could be noble,...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

God Hates Domestic Violence

I started to cry as I read this. Not for myself, but I deeply care...

February 18, 2014

Good Housekeeping: Making the Most of Your Mission Field

My head hits a mountain of clean laundry that is waiting to be folded on...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

Gifted

Have you ever heard of the "gift of criticism"? You have friends who swear up...

December 2013

December 23, 2013

Pride in Problem Solving

"Whenever strife and arguments and contention exist, we can be certain pride is somehow involved."...

December 17, 2013

Friends

(Spiritual friendship)...is eagerly helping one another know, serve,love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper...

December 16, 2013

Hospitable Love

When I make my home an inhospitable environment (as in hostile, cold, and unwelcoming) for...

November 2013

November 14, 2013

We Christians

What would it look like if we treated our spouses and friends the way we...