What is the biggest influence on your marriage? For those Christians who are reading this – I’m going to go ahead and assume answer #1 will be individual time in the Word and prayer and the fighting of sin. That’s a given. Ok – so what is the second biggest influence in your marriage. As [...]
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How Should We Respond to Gay Marriage?
Every blog post I wrote has come from personal experience or a conversation I’ve had, etc. This one is no different. Yesterday on facebook, I was saddened to find out that a college acquaintance of mine, one who was in youth ministry with me and a professing Christian – now ordained in a denomination, was getting [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sex Doesn’t Sell (or does it?)!
How would you answer that question? Obviously, the conservative Kraft company (and hundreds of other companies that have products to sell: from coffee, to burgers, to car washes, deodorant, etc) think it does. A new ad about the “Zesty” undressing dude making a salad gets “naked” to viewers to tell them to buy salad dressing. Really? [...]
Read the rest of this entry »31Days: New Service (and wrap-up) – (31)
Want to write a quick note to the wives out there. Do you know what you do that pleases your husband – or what would please your husband? Here is a simple thing: My husband likes the bed made. Since he told me that that one act of service makes him smile for the day [...]
Read the rest of this entry »31Days: New Thoughts on Compassion
My pastor is about to wind up a series on Jonah. True, we’ve only caught one of the sermons, but yesterday was a bit on compassion. My hubs chose to put in Compassion Hymn into the service and it fit perfectly. As I thought about who I needed to show compassion to, I thought to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »31Days: New Appreciation (13)
I get to brag today. I get to brag on my sweet husband. I had to spend the night without him because he was/is at an Elder’s retreat. As our pastor’s wives shared about their wonderful husbands – it gave me much more of an appreciation for mine. I love bragging on him - because [...]
Read the rest of this entry »31Days: 8 and 9: New Celebrations
Ok – glad there is grace. I missed the day yesterday for writing: I was sick, driving, unloading, feeding baby, and on a date with my husband. Why was I on a date: We celebrated ONE YEAR of marriage. It was fabulous! We went to a wonderful restaurant on the river in Little Rock (although [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A Wife’s Idol: Her Husband’s Happiness
A hot cup of morning coffee? 20 minutes alone when he comes home from work in the evenings? His favorite dessert for his birthday? A night out with the boys? A Saturday alone to watch all the college football games and finish it up with all the recaps on SportsCenter? Do you know what [...]
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Books. Chick Flix. Television. Advertisements. Blogs. Magazines. We are bombarded with media no matter if we have a cable subscription or not. Checking out buying groceries we are enticed to look at half-dressed women screaming to us that “your husband would rather look at me than look at you or sleep with you.” Or there [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review: Help! I’m a Minister’s Wife (Tina Wright)
Using her years of ministry experience and over 100 surveys by minister’s wives with years in the ministry as well, Tina Wright writes a helpful and encouraging book for all ministry wives. Its funny, I got this book years after I met Tina (about 5 years ago now) and just read it – only 7 [...]
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