Lacking Joy in Your Marriage? Try Finding a Rhythm
The first and simplest reason the joy gap starts to expand is tiredness. It is hard to build joy when you feel worn out and lack margin. Perhaps the core…
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Men, Your Marriage Could Be Affecting Your Prayers
Everyone knows prayer is hard. Sometimes, the reasons are obvious: we’re tired or apathetic, running from God, or so busy that we’ve failed to make time with the Lord a…
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3 Common Fears in Relationships
The woman gently rocked back and forth in the chair, her arms crossed as if to cuddle herself. With her head tucked down, she didn’t seem to mind the tears…
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An Affair Doesn’t Always Start With Sex: How to Safeguard Your Marriage
From the outside looking in we seemed to be a typical fun, happy family. We had four kids, and we were all comfortable being goofy with one another. All of…
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I Choose Not to Take You for Granted
Why do we sometimes treat the people we love the most in the worst ways? Many of us say things to our spouses we would never say to a stranger…
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The Redemptive Power of Marriage: A Christmas Story
Over two thousand years ago, you could not find a position much lower than a poor, Jewish girl. Under Roman occupation, a girl like Mary had little political, economic, or…
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How Does Satan Attack Marriage? C.S. Lewis Can Tell You
“Would you walk in another person’s shoes for one month?” The challenge was given by producer Morgan Spurlock to a wide range of people, resulting in the hit FX series…
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An Interview with Steve and Rhonda Stoppe
Steve and Rhonda sat down to talk about their new book, Marriage Mentor. Q: Do you ever quit growing and learning in marriage? Allow me to answer this with a…
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Romance Defined Differently: Finding Out What Romance Means To You
When Steve and I were dating, he would drive 30 minutes across town during his lunch break just to drop off a bouquet of flowers. Because he had to get…
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Four Ways to Stay Close When Life Pulls You Apart
On our wedding day, we promised to stay together “til death do us part.” Barring an unforeseen tragedy, we look forward to growing old side by side. Yet we face…
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