Our church generally does expository teaching, working through a book of the Bible. This ensures that we don’t avoid any bits and it means when a difficult passage is covered no one wonders who it’s a

Romance novels are a one billion dollar a year industry and account for a third of all trade fiction books published. Such novels have nothing to do with reality, but their wild popularity can tell us

This follows up on last week’s post Wants versus Needs. If you or your wife want to use “survival” as the line between what we want and what we need, that’s fine. However, this leaves a great many thi

“Dream Big!” is common advice. And it’s good advice. But it can also lead to problems.  If you get too focused on your dream you may miss out on other things. You could be so into making your dream ha

My dear wife recently reran a post from a couple of years ago about how I was helping her with her rabbit obsession hobby. She said that because of my actions: I feel … blessed. I feel heard, apprecia

Respect is a big deal to men in marriage. This is not wrong, but it can be a problem if a man sees his wife as being disrespectful when she feels she’s not.  In dealing with couples where this is a fa

Over on The TMB Forums, a group of users provided a question of the day. Some are fun, some silly, and some can be rather deep. Earlier this month one of the questions was: What is something you are p

He Is Risen. As we celebrate resurrection Sunday, I find myself thinking how much more difficult marriage must be for those not serious about following Jesus. For Lori and me, I see no way our marriag

One more post on the struggle to be ourselves and the fear we feel when someone tries to make us someone else. Today let’s talk about sex. We have a lot of folks telling us who we should and should no

For years, I’ve heard and read people saying, “That’s not a need, it’s a want.” Often this comes up about sex, with the one who desires less sex, or less sexual variety, telling their spouse who wants