What would your marriage be like if both of you threw out the scorecards? What if you were both one hundred percent in, putting everything you have and everything you are into your marriage? The 50/50 marriage paradigm, held up by many as the “ideal” marriage, says that everything should be divided right down the middle. A husband and wife …
Shame and Intimacy Cannot Occupy the Same Space It’s true that you cannot have genuine intimacy in marriage without the vulnerability that comes from allowing yourself to be fully known by your spouse. But that is only half of the equation: The Intimacy Ideal Knowing he’d need a bride for his Son, God had marriage …
Naked Without Shame – Why Being Known Is Not Enough Read More »
Which way are your words steering your marriage? Your words have the power to build up or tear down. Nowhere is that truer than in your marriage. The Bible compares the tongue to the rudder of a mighty ship. Small as it is, it has great power to determine the direction of even the largest …
How would you think, act, and speak differently if you truly believed that intimacy was the main goal of your marriage? What do you think is the most important goal in marriage? Stop and think about it. Really. Now, let me ask that question less generically. What is it that is the most important goal for …
What If Intimacy Is The Main Goal in Your Marriage? Read More »
Sexual intimacy in your marriage happens in proportion to the transparency you embrace. I hope my last post, Great Sex is Not Natural, didn’t discourage you about the prospects for your sex life. My goal was actually to encourage you by opening your eyes to some wrong assumptions you might have, particularly with respect to …
