Marriage

Just Do It!

May 12, 2016

Think of something you just don’t want to do. Maybe it’s cleaning the garage or organizing your closet. Perhaps it’s giving the dog a bath or cleaning the bathroom. It could be cleaning the gutters or working on your taxes. Or maybe it’s that mammogram or colonoscopy you’re avoiding like the plague. We all have things we […]

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Rescue Your Marriage From the “If Only’s”

April 21, 2016

Have you ever regretted something, and the more you thought about it the more you found yourself saying, “If only”? Maybe it was something you said, or something you did, or a decision you made, but whatever it was left you with regret and the reverberation of “if only.” We all have those “if only” […]

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How to Have the Perfect Marriage. Really!

April 12, 2016

I know they say there’s no such thing as a perfect marriage. But what if there is? What if it’s possible to have the perfect marriage? Some people think that to have the perfect marriage you have to marry the right person. But I don’t think that works. No one’s perfect, and with all the […]

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How to Find What You’re Looking For in Marriage: Lessons From Hunting Mushrooms

March 30, 2016

We decide to get married because we’re looking for something and we believe we’ve found it in our spouse. But a few years into the marriage, we’re still looking for something and we’re wondering why our spouse is withholding it. What happened? There’s a general principle in life and marriage, and it’s this: we tend […]

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4 Things That Can Disrupt Your Sex Life.

March 22, 2016

I don’t write much about sex in this blog. It’s not that I’m uncomfortable with the topic. Maybe it’s because I know a lot of wives read this blog and I don’t want to come across as the “typical male who’s only thinking about one thing.” Maybe it’s because there’s so much out there on […]

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What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 7: The Ending

March 17, 2016

(The posts in this series have been adapted from the “Relentless Love” marriage seminar, created and taught by David McKinley and Bret Legg at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.) In this series, we’ve talked about the things that go into making a good marriage story. We’ve talked about the author, the characters, the obstacles, […]

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What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 6: The Action

March 7, 2016

(The posts in this series have been adapted from the “Relentless Love” marriage seminar, created and taught by David McKinley and Bret Legg at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.) If you’ve been following this series from the beginning, you already know about many of the parts of a good marriage story. You know about the author, […]

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What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 5: The Guide

February 25, 2016

(The posts in this series have been adapted from the “Relentless Love” marriage seminar, created and taught by David McKinley and Bret Legg at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.) In this series, we’re looking at your marriage as if it were a story, and hopefully a good story that you and others want to read. We’ve been […]

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What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 4: The Obstacles

February 18, 2016

(The posts in this series have been adapted from the “Relentless Love” marriage seminar, created and taught by David McKinley and Bret Legg at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.) In this series, we’re looking at your marriage as if it were a story and what goes into making it a good story that you and […]

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What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 3: The Characters

February 11, 2016

(The posts in this series have been adapted from the “Relentless Love” marriage seminar, created and taught by David McKinley and Bret Legg at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.) In this series, we are looking at your marriage as a story and what goes into making that story good. We looked at the author […]

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