Blog

Filter by

Four Habits of Healthy Couples

Marriage & Relationships

Posted on January 28, 2019

Jimmy Evans, CEO and founder of Marriage Today, often speaks of four crucial habits that emotionally healthy couples have. He states that couples have to make good habits and disciplines central to their relationship.

Read More

What to Do When Your Partner Will Not Attend Marriage Counseling

Marriage & Relationships

Posted on December 7, 2017
by Lynnette Aschinger, LISW

When one is experiencing a personal crisis such as serious marriage problems, it is very difficult to know where to turn for help.  Many times, couples wait before doing anything and the end result can be one of the following: divorce, chronic marriage problems, or living with a life time of pain and hurt. A marriage is worth the effort and of course marriage counseling is one of those options, but for the spouse who can’t enlist cooperation from the other spouse, don’t settle!  Do something!  There are resources out there to help and I want to highlight a few, especially when a partner will not attend counseling with you.

Read More

The Beauty of Marriage

Marriage & Relationships

Posted on November 3, 2017
by Sarah Walters

As I write this, I am just five days away from getting married myself, so you’ll have to excuse me for having marriage on my mind. Don’t worry, I’m not going to talk about how great the hem on my dress turned out or how good of a deal we got on the church decorations, or […]

Read More

Healthy and Unhealthy Boundaries in Relationships

Marriage & Relationships

Posted on December 22, 2016
by Kristi Manley, LMHC, LCPC

“Good fences make good neighbors”   – Robert Frost Many people wonder about what the American poet Robert Frost meant in his poem: Mending Wall, when he repeats the old proverb: “Good fences make good neighbors.” In the context of the poem, two neighbors get together once a year to “walk the fence” that divides […]

Read More

Single and Lonely

Marriage & Relationships

Posted on October 17, 2016

Being single, like being married, has its perks and its difficulties.  One of those difficulties can be doing traditional family activities alone.  Attending church is often looked at as a premiere family activity.  A family may rarely be all together during the week but many times they make a special effort to be together for […]

Read More

Marriage Matters: THE CONCLUSION

Marriage & Relationships

Posted on August 29, 2016
by Rev. Michael Wolfram

Marriage Really Does Matter! The past six months I have been sharing findings from the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values as adapted from Why Marriage Matters: Thirty conclusions from the Social Sciences.  The goal was to show that marriage does matter and that Godly marriage makes a difference not […]

Read More

Would of….Could of …… Should of….

Marriage & Relationships

Posted on August 29, 2016

“Would my husband have stayed if I had made better meals for him?” “Should I have paid more attention to my wife?” “Could I have lost that last 20 pounds of baby weight?  Would he have found me more attractive?” “Could I have made her fall back in love with me if I had gotten […]

Read More

Marriage Matters for CURBING CRIME and DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Marriage & Relationships

Posted on July 26, 2016
by Rev. Michael Wolfram

This month we are nearing the end of the summary results adopted from Why Marriage Matters: Thirty Conclusions from the Social Sciences, a publication of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values.   The final area in which the study found that Marriage Matters is in regards to Crime and Domestic […]

Read More

Communication: Listen with your heart

Marriage & Relationships

Posted on July 22, 2016
by Lutheran Family Service

When people connect with one another, there is energy that is brought to the relationship, and with each connection and understanding of the other, the relationship grows. God’s design for our life is to be in relationships with one another, to be connected.

Read More

“I think we should break-up…”

Marriage & Relationships

Posted on July 13, 2016
by Audrey Winterhof

No matter what the reasons are, a break-up can be tough – if you still want to be in the relationship and/or if you are the one choosing to end the relationship.  Here are a few things to keep in mind if you find yourself at the end of a relationship. The end could be the […]

Read More


Page 2 of 4