Jim and Emily care about politics, but they care even more about their family and their local church. The heat of the last presidential campaign felt threatening to them. They asked me, “How do we …
Wealth Can be Hazardous to Your Marriage
A 2018 CNBC headline didn’t surprise me at all: “Being Rich May Increase Your Odds of Divorce.” I’ll never forget a very successful businessman telling me, “Our marriage began falling apart when I …
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The Motivation You Need to be Married
If you’re a regular reader of this blog or my books, you know that one of the fundamental truths for me that keeps pouring motivation into my marriage is viewing God as my heavenly Father-in-law. I …
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When Marital Devotional Styles Collide
Through 36 years of marriage, my wife and I have been members at more than our share of churches. Among my wife’s favorites was an unusual gathering: a conservative, charismatic Episcopalian …
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Who Shouldn’t Read My Books: When Writings on Marriage and Spiritual Formation Collide
Throughout my career I have felt significant tension between writing about marriage and upholding the ideal of growing in Christ, which includes sacrifice. Sacred Marriage is really, in my view, a …
It’s What You Do with It
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt.” Jeremiah 31:3–4 NASB When German-speaking Mennonites …