The secret of feeling close in marriage is not a mystery. It’s not about finding the “right” person, or having perfect communication skills, or keeping the spark alive with big romantic gestures. The secret is much quieter and much more ordinary: it is learning to really tune in to each other’s hearts. That’s what emotional [...]
A satisfying marriage is not an accident. It is God’s good design, built slowly over time as two sinners learn to love each other the way Christ has loved them. Research on marriage simply keeps confirming what Scripture has been saying all along: couples who grow in intimacy, communicate well, walk in shared faith and [...]
If you are a young woman who loves Jesus, wants to be a wife and mom, and is doing everything “right” as far as you can tell, but you still feel stuck in singleness, this is for you. You are not crazy, high‑maintenance, or unspiritual for wanting marriage. You are a woman made in God’s [...]
Have you ever found yourself in the middle of an argument—maybe with your spouse, a friend, or a coworker—and instead of making things better, you open your mouth and say something that blows the whole thing up? Maybe later you can’t stop replaying it in your head, thinking about what you should have said—or shouldn’t have. And [...]
Every married couple begins their journey full of excitement, affection, and hope. You talk about everything, dream about your future, and can’t wait to be together. You work hard to impress one another and go out of your way to express love. But as time passes, responsibilities grow, and life fills with busy schedules, the [...]
I wake up every morning with a knot in my stomach, and it has nothing to do with what’s on my calendar. It’s this low, constant fear that one day I’m going to find out my husband has cheated on me. The fear meets me before my alarm does. It follows me into the shower, [...]
When your husband “comes clean” about infidelity, it can feel like a bomb just went off in the middle of your life. Suddenly there is a very real “before” and “after” in your story, and you may barely recognize yourself, your marriage, or your future in this new “after.” Your reaction is not an overreaction. [...]
After a confession of infidelity, a couple really is standing at a crossroads. The truth is finally in the open, but what happens in the next days, weeks, and months will shape whether the story moves toward hardness and bitterness or toward a deeper, more honest, Christ-centered marriage. From a biblical, evangelical perspective, the goal [...]
When the dust of divorce finally settles, one haunting question lingers in almost every heart: What went wrong? The wedding albums, the family memories, the vows once believed unbreakable—all give way to an ache that demands understanding. For many people, this painful question becomes the beginning of a necessary journey of self-discovery. For others, sadly, it becomes [...]
Fear of the wedding ring is not just about a guy panicking at the jewelry counter or getting cold feet the night before the ceremony. It is the predictable fruit of a whole culture that has been quietly training men to see responsibility as a threat and comfort as a right. From boyhood on, men [...]
