“You know, your prayers are pretty shallow. Why don’t you pray a real prayer?” The young man was reeling—was she really going to leave him because his prayers weren’t “good enough?” “Why are you …
A Couple’s Guide to Talking About Sex
Debra Fileta and I noticed that it's often easier for couples to engage in physical intimacy than to talk about it. But talking about it takes that level of intimacy to a much higher level. It can …
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Healing Is a Choice
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 5 in Dr. Carol Tanksley's new book Sexpectations: Reframing Your Good and Not-So-Good Stories About God, Love, and Relationships. Drawing from …
Whoa! Did I Overstate the Difficulty of Marriage in Last Week’s Post?
It was a bit startling for me to read the "Difficulty of Marriage" post that went out to paid subscribers on January 29th. It's from a book I wrote twenty years ago. I understand and agree with the …
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A Renewed Marriage
At A Lifelong Love marriage conference, a middle-aged couple got up to share their testimony about reading Married Sex: A Christian Couple’s Guide to Re-Imagining Your Love Life, and what it did for …
The Unoffendable Marriage
What if the way your spouse treats you isn’t about you and him, but about him? What if you’re taking a particular offense about your spouse’s general demeanor that doesn’t reflect on you at …