To Be Married with a Newborn Is a Reminder We Can’t Do It All

The early morning light streamed in the window of our hospital recovery room, reminding us that our long night of labor was over. My husband held our hours-old daughter, sat on the end of my bed, and looked at her peaceful face as she slept. We finally had a moment of stillness and quiet almost 24 hours after arriving at our local hospital––bags in hand, waters broken, and ready to meet our long-awaited baby girl. He sighed and said, “I can’t believe that some men, after walking through it all: pregnancy, labor, and birth, would want to cheat on their...

Erin Ford

Fear the Lord for the Sake of Your Marriage

Amanda denBok

3 Joys of Marriage

Miranda Webster • Evan Webster

5 Surprising Things That the Bible Says about Marriage

Paul Carter

A Letter to My Younger Married Self

Priscilla Wong

Dear Younger Self: It Doesn’t Matter How He Folds the Bedsheets

Alecia Doty

Eleven years ago, on a sweltering, humid summer day in Houston, Texas, I married my husband. In the words of my father, “Well! He certainly wasn’t what we were expecting!” Dennis is a proud, born and raised Texan, a true southern gentleman who loves proper barbeque, hot sauce, and his cowboy boots. A beloved friend has described him as being steadfast in faith while not being too serious. He leads our family with biblical conviction and a whole lot of fun. To agree with my father, Dennis was not what I was expecting in the best way possible. The week...

Dear Younger Self: It Doesn’t Matter How He Folds the Bedsheets

Alecia Doty

How then shall we date?

Jean-Sébastien Morin

As I was returning from a trip for our 15th wedding anniversary, something caught my eye: Joshua Harris, author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye and his wife Shannon were separating. Christians and atheists alike were sharing the story online. A couple separating is always sad. But in this case, it struck me like a ton of bricks. Having written a French-Canadian book on dating, one of the nicknames people gave me over the years was Quebec’s Joshua Harris. There is a special pressure when you are the “couples guy”. Gary Smalley recounts a time when a man overheard an argument between him and...

How then shall we date?

Jean-Sébastien Morin

5 Mistakes That Will Ruin a Healthy Marriage

Paul Carter

Healthy things grow. Generally speaking; all things being equal; a marriage is rather like a garden: you don’t need to supply the miracle, you just need to stay on top of the weeds. Mistakes happen. Habits form. But in a healthy marriage all such invaders are immediately recognized and removed. As you monitor the health of your marital garden, these 5 weeds should be at the very top of your search and destroy list. These mistakes – if unaddressed – have the capacity to completely destroy an otherwise healthy marriage. Refusing to forgive Jesus commanded his disciples to forgive. He...

5 Mistakes That Will Ruin a Healthy Marriage

Paul Carter

Ten Lessons from a Decade of Marriage

Dan Stegeman

This past summer, my wife and I celebrated our 10-year anniversary. It has been an amazing journey and I am grateful to God for my wife. Here are some of the lessons I have learned along the way. See your spouse as a gift of God Scripture affirms the goodness and beauty of marriage (Genesis 2:18-25; Proverbs 5:18-19; Ephesians 5:22-33; Hebrews 13:4). Whether you realize this or not, your life is supremely enriched because of God’s good gift of your marriage partner. Don’t take this for granted. Tell them often how much you appreciate them and what a blessing they...