A difficulty for many couples is learning how to handle conflict in marriage. Most of us don’t want to be mean or disrespectful to our spouse. Yet when we grow up with unresolved issues, emotional wounds, or poor role modeling from the adults around us, bad relationship habits can become ingrained. The good news is…
“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…
Justin met Aaron his freshman year of college. They are a testament to the fact that “potluck” (random) rooming assignments can work. After living together during their freshman and sophomore years, they served as dorm leaders their junior year and remained close friends. The summer before their senior year, I entered the picture as Justin’s…
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According to Wayne Mack, “there is only one statement about marriage that God includes four times in the Bible” (Strengthening Your Marriage, p. 1). Can you guess what it might be? It’s this: For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh”…
