I’m an introvert. I’m such an introvert that I chose a career where I spend most of my day, sitting alone, reading books written by people who have been dead for 200 years. Seriously, when I say I am an introvert, I really mean it. Because I’m an introvert, being around people drains my energy,…
“What is that?” I stopped brushing my freshly-washed hair to stare at the big brown speck reflecting back at me from the mirror. How I could still have dirt on my body after a twenty minute shower? Sure, we’d been hiking in the Colorado Mountains all day, but dirt doesn’t permanently stain! I examined the…
Near the end of our first year of marriage, Bill and I told some friends we needed a mini-retreat just for the two of us, but we couldn’t afford it. We had some decisions to pray and talk about. I forget what they were, but they were important enough to merit a day in a…
Rejection. What a painful pill to swallow, and no matter how full our “love tank” feels, just one action can make us feel bankrupt. I have loved you with an everlasting love. I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” (Jeremiah 31:3) There was a brief moment in my new marriage when I felt rejected. Abandoned….
We are hungry for connections with others, and cannot endure being relationally starved. Regardless of how impossible it seems to your relationship, emotional affairs happen to unsuspecting people every day. It may not seem true today, but at some point you or your spouse will be susceptible to an emotional affair. You will be tempted and…
