By: Sheridan VoyseyTwenty-something anniversaries later, I sometimes look at my wife Merryn and wonder how this marriage of ours works. I’m a writer and speaker, Merryn is a statistician. I work with words, she works with numbers. I want beauty, she wants function. We come from different...
By: Dr Justin CoulsonWould you like to know what makes a happy marriage? Well… lots of things. I want to focus on just one though.What really makes marriage and family happy?On a Friday afternoon some years ago a man sought my help, desperately trying to stop his wife from leaving him. They...
By: Sabrina PetersBefore I was married, I had this picture in my head of what I thought marriage would be. It was a dreamy blend of The Notebook and A Walk to Remember. Of course I’d be a good wife; patient, honouring and graceful. My husband would be cuter than Channing Tatum, charming,...
By: Brittany AnnWives, do you pray for your husbands? Regularly? What do you pray for?While I find the time to build my husband up, I have to admit — I haven’t always been the best at praying for my husband or my marriage throughout the years. Not because I don’t want to or...
By: Dr Justin CoulsonBeing in love feels amazing. And it’s incredibly good for you. New research shows having parents in love is also incredibly good for our kids.As humans we love love. We crave love and affection, and most of us love to give love as much as we receive it....
By: Brittany AnnHave you ever read The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman? The book was so popular a few years ago that the author went on to publish several additional versions including The 5 Love Languages of Children, The 5 Love Languages Military Edition, and The 5 Languages of Appreciation in...
By: Katrina RoeLast year, psychologist, author and contributor Collett Smart celebrated her 25-year wedding anniversary. She shares what she knows about marriage now, that she didn’t know when she walked down the aisle.What does it take to make a marriage last?“I never understood when...
By: Stephen McAlpineToday I am fifty two years and two days old.Today it is twenty six years and one day since Jill and I went on our first date. That was one day after my twenty six birthday.I’ve put a wedding photo up on this blog cos I couldn’t find a picture from our first...
Guest post by: Gina PoirierEvangelist David Wilkerson once said, “Love is not something you feel. It’s something you do.” Likewise, it’s the things you do (or don’t do) that can make your spouse feel unloved.This was a hard lesson early in my marriage, and...
By: Focus On The Family All marriages go through seasons. Dr. Gary Chapman joins Focus on the Family to discuss the attitudes, emotions and actions of winter, spring, summer and autumn marriages, and how couples can make the most of each season. Part 1 of Embracing the Various Seasons of Marriage...