I once had a Sunday School teacher tell us that if we ever got a divorce, he was going to be really mad. And then he handed us the book Sacred Marriage. At this point, we were newlyweds and had only been married a few years. But even back then, our marriage was already struggling. We read...

I once had a pastor tell us during our premarital counseling that one day we would be willing to trade our spouse for a Diet Coke. We laughed. But looking back, I thought about what he said that day often. We heard over and over that marriage is hard work and that there would probably be...

Our counselor once told us to take a list of all the chores in our home and split them up so everything would be fair and even. At the time, I felt like I was doing everything. I was overwhelmed, exhausted, and by the end of the day, I was resentful. The last thing I wanted to do was hang out...

Something came up on our Tuesday Marriage Mentor call last night that I think is worth sharing. Last week, we encouraged one of the husbands to be willing to go somewhere like Target with his wife if that was something she wanted to do even if Target wasn’t exactly his idea of a good time. He...

We live in a broken, fallen world. And sometimes even marriage facilitators need to be reminded why the material we teach is needed and why it works. In fact, that’s part of the reason we’re here. This morning, my wife and I made the mistake of trying to discuss paying a bill while we were both...