Marriage and Family Blog

If There’s Been Infidelity

September 10, 2020

Few things are more devastating or destructive to a marriage than infidelity. It’s worse than the death of a spouse, because when a spouse dies, it’s not intentional, it’s not a betrayal, and you don’t keep running into them or dealing with them. Infidelity… Wrecks a dream. Destroys trust. Fractures a bond. Taints communication. Poisons […]

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If There’s Been Infidelity…

September 10, 2020

  Few things are more devastating or destructive to a marriage than infidelity. It’s worse than the death of a spouse, because when a spouse dies, it’s not intentional, it’s not a betrayal, and you don’t keep running into them or dealing with them. Infidelity… Wrecks a dream. Destroys trust. Fractures a bond. Taints communication. […]

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If Things Are Getting Heated…

September 3, 2020

Perhaps you’ve been there. You and your spouse are “discussing” something when suddenly you realize things are getting heated and going south. If it goes much further, you’ll hit a point of no return and it won’t end well. This is normal in marriage. It happens to everyone from time to time. But how you […]

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If Things Are Getting Heated…

September 3, 2020

  Perhaps you’ve been there. You and your spouse are “discussing” something when suddenly you realize things are getting heated and going south. If it goes much further, you’ll hit a point of no return and it won’t end well. This is normal in marriage. It happens to everyone from time to time. But how […]

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The Three Fields: A Marriage Parable

August 27, 2020

The following parable is suited to many situations in life, but it’s particularly suited to marriage. Once there were three farmers. They each had a field that was not doing well. The demands of growing crops had slowly drawn the life-giving nutrients from the soil until they no longer produced satisfying crops for the farmers. […]

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The Three Fields: A Marriage Parable

August 27, 2020

  The following parable is suited to many situations in life, but it’s particularly suited to marriage. Once there were three farmers. They each had a field that was not doing well. The demands of growing crops had slowly drawn the life-giving nutrients from the soil until they no longer produced satisfying crops for the […]

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If You Can’t Get Over How They’ve Hurt You…(Part 2)

August 20, 2020

What do you do if you’re having trouble getting over the way your spouse has hurt you? I posed this question in the last post, but I didn’t answer it. Instead, I looked at the various ways spouses hurt one another. I encourage you to go back and read that post, but here’s a very […]

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If You Can’t Get Over How They’ve Hurt You… (Part 2)

August 20, 2020

  What do you do if you’re having trouble getting over the way your spouse has hurt you? I posed this question in the last post, but I didn’t answer it. Instead, I looked at the various ways spouses hurt one another. I encourage you to go back and read that post, but here’s a […]

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If You Can’t Get Over How They’ve Hurt You…(Part 1)

August 13, 2020

We all dream of a marriage where there’s lots of fun, good connection, deep understanding, frequent sex, abundant money, perfect kids, beautiful rainbows, and dancing unicorns. But marriage can be as much a battleground as a playground at times because spouses will hurt each other from time to time. You can’t live with someone, day […]

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If You Can’t Get Over How They’ve Hurt You… (Part 1)

August 13, 2020

  We all dream of a marriage where there’s lots of fun, good connection, deep understanding, frequent sex, abundant money, perfect kids, beautiful rainbows, and dancing unicorns. But marriage can be as much a battleground as a playground at times because spouses will hurt each other from time to time. You can’t live with someone, […]

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