Last week I shared some thoughts on how God uses friendships to restore wholeness in us and why we need to be intentional in how we journey with our friends. I want to continue that conversation this week, but in the context of relationships. There’s a lot of hype about romance in relationships but friendship … Continue reading On Friendships, Wholeness & God: Relationship Edition
Tag: Marriage Bed
Go The Distance
The alternative title to this post is: The reality after the hero and the heroine ride/drive off into the sunset. Ha! Last month for the Marriage Bed series, I wrote on Becoming A Life Partner and the reality that there are no ready-made partners. No one is born pre-configured to be the greatest there ever … Continue reading Go The Distance
Becoming A Life Partner
There is no such thing as the perfect life partner. Sorry not sorry to burst your Hollywood bubble. It takes two imperfect people to make a mature decision to do life together and keep to that decision come what may. Some would say – and rightfully so – that the success of the union is … Continue reading Becoming A Life Partner
Waiting In Marriage
Many of the opinions I’ve come across concerning marriage fall in one of two categories: marriage is the place where everything good in my life goes to die and marriage is my fairytale happy ever after where everything is perfect and nothing will ever go wrong. I’ve been married long enough to know that neither … Continue reading Waiting In Marriage
Loving The Single Years
Marriage isn’t for everyone. There. I said it. We live in societies and cultures that turn marriage into a non-negotiable part of life and as a result we have people living like pressure cookers thinking marriage is the answer to everything. It’s not. And marriage isn’t for everyone. Yes, it can be a delightful aspect … Continue reading Loving The Single Years
