The Long Saturday
For many years, the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday has summoned the most thought and reflection from me. An old Caedmon’s Call song describes it as “the long Saturday between Your death and the rising day, when no…
Spring Is in the Air! Is It Also in Your Marriage?
Spring is my favorite season. Although winter is somewhat short and relatively mild where I live in Mississippi, I still struggle with it. I find myself searching the trees every day for glimpses of the “buds of hope,” as I…
Whose Move Is It Anyway?: How to Proceed in Decision-Making When You and Your Spouse Don’t See Eye to Eye
My husband and I had three days to look at 30+ houses, visit three different schools, and decide where we wanted our young family to live. It’s no wonder I developed a migraine. These were not easy decisions! We were…
3 Marriage Lessons From Mary and Joseph’s Example
When I was a teenager, I got to play the role of Mary in my church’s Christmas musical. My mother will tell you that it’s because I was a good actress, but I’ll tell you that I got the role…
Mary/Carrie, Did You Know?
I had heard the song “Mary, Did You Know?” so many times that it had started to lose its effect on me. Especially when a not-so-great singer performed the “Special Music” at a Sunday service. His heart was in the…
4 Ways to Cultivate Gratitude in Your Marriage
The people we live with have a tendency to be the people we most take for granted, don’t they? We get so accustomed to each other. We have routines that can turn into ruts without our realizing it. We sometimes…
Be Strong and Courageous in Marriage
We were a thousand feet above solid ground, and the people around me wanted to basically clip me to a clothesline, give me a push, and tell me to enjoy the ride. Oh yeah, and “Don’t forget to look down!”,…
The God Who Meets You in Your Need
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12, NIV For 15 years, my husband and I had been parenting our three children. Though it wasn’t easy, we felt like we had been doing it pretty well.…
How to Fight Entitlement with Gratitude
My kids, who are now young adults, have occasionally given me a hard time about not allowing them to watch certain movies or TV shows when they were growing up. Too much violence? Too much bad language? Nope. Too much…
Action or Distraction: What’s Getting My Attention?
Today is one of those days when I am particularly–and easily–distracted. I had grand plans for all that I wanted to accomplish today. And I’ve done some of the things. But not the things that require the most focus. I…