Long before they consider marriage, girls get a lot of confusing signals about sexuality from a variety of different voices. I hope every girl considers (or reconsiders) their own purity in the months and years leading up to her wedding. As the father of four girls, I’d like to share a Dad’s perspective on purity….
Mom and I were lounging in her sunroom one afternoon, discussing my impending engagement to my now-husband. She was interested in when exactly the wedding would occur, which segued into a conversation about being married while finishing school. I can’t recall all the details, but I distinctly remember my mother pressing me to admit that…
How long were you married when you realized that your spouse didn’t seem quite as perfect as you once thought? Does he/she seem to push your buttons more often now than when you were dating? Of course no one really expects their spouse to be perfect. We married them for better or worse — right?…
For the sake of being open, and as I am writing this article from a perspective based on personal experiences (rather than research), you will be likely to find assumptions that may not apply to you. My hope is that you’ll take away anything helpful and leave the rest. During these past months of engagement, truths have been revealed to me and…
Although my husband and I were blessed to both be Christians when we met, neither of us had grown up in a home headed by married Christian parents. My parents divorced when I was seven, and my husband’s dad died when he was seven. Raised by single moms, neither of us had the privilege of…
