The Cost of the Almost-Right Way
I remember the first big ministry-related fight my husband and I had. We'd been on the field six months when he came home from a meeting and said, "So...
Category: Marriage
The Me I Wanted to Be {The Grove: Authentic}
Why did my husband get all the good spiritual gifts, while I was stuck with the wimpy ones, I wondered. We had discovered on our honeymoon...
Married in M-work: An Interview with Alexis Kenny
This is the book I wish we had when we started our international service as young marrieds in 2005 . . . and when we became parents . . ....
Not Your Average Headache
The topic of intimacy in marriage is not the easiest thing to talk about let alone write up a whole post and...
What I Want to Teach My Daughters About Married Sex
I’ve been married for 16 years now. While that’s not as long as some of you — and certainly not as long as my husband’s grandparents’ 70 years (!) —...
The Art of the Long Way Round
It had been a rough morning. Babies up way too early and mama with way too little sleep. Preschool didn't start for another 45 minutes and it's only a three...
Under-Qualified Marriage Advice
I don't feel qualified to give marriage advice. However, when the going gets tough, I'm too far away to run to grandma's house, so I run to Jesus instead and...
When You Share A Bed With The Person You Need To Get To Know
“If we stay here, this will destroy us!” I can’t tell you how many times I cried this out to my husband during our first months abroad. And in those...
If Peter and Paul Got Married
The fight was a doozy. Probably the biggest fight we had in our first year overseas. We were about five months into our life in the developing...
Um, That’s Not How We Did It In MY Family
Growing up on a farm in northwest Iowa, I pictured myself someday marrying a tall, Dutch boy—he would probably play the guitar and be able to talk with my dad...
