• “That Couple”

    OK, let’s pick back up where we were before. I must confess, this subject is so incredibly uncomfortable for me to write about. However, it’s everywhere in our culture. It’s paramount in our marriages. And sticking with the with theme of my ministry, “helping women to hear and see Jesus in their everyday lives,” I

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  • Being Wise About Temptation

    1 Corinthians 7:3-5 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife’s body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband’s body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Do not deprive

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  • It’s a Command!

    What does God say about the subject of sex? Where does steamy passion fit into the marriage relationship? And how do we even have time for it? Let’s go to our Manual for Living – our Bibles – to see what God has to say about a subject we cannot escape. Genesis 1:27-28 God created

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  • He Really is From Venus

    All too often when we get married, we tend to think we’re marrying someone like our best girlfriend. When in actuality – we’re marrying someone from another planet. Sit back for a moment and imagine you are traveling to a foreign country. You’ve been given a job assignment to live for a period of time

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  • Going “‘There”

    James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. I had lunch with a friend last week. Except this friend is not your average girlfriend-lunch-date. She is one of my teachers. One of my advisers and mentors. Her name is Suzi McDuffee. I love her and I

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  • Do Not Grow Weary

    Whew, I don’t know about you, but I need some encouragement after these last few posts. I personally want to know that if no one else is noticing – that Someone – the One that truly matters – God Himself is noticing all this dying to self, submitting and serving stuff. Galatians 5:9 “Let us

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  • Betrayal

    Sweet Girlfriend, it’s a long one today. I enter today’s post with a heavy heart and very prayerfully. This is an emotional, gut-wrenching subject. But it’s real world. And I hear of it often. Though my husband has never betrayed me nor me him, (and I pray it never happens), I have seen betrayal first-hand

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  • Wash His Feet

    John 13:6 “He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” (italics mine) What is the lowliest task in your home? In other words, what is the one chore that no one wants to do? It’s the one that everyone ignores, hoping someone else will do it.

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  • John 13:5 He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around Him. Our focus this month has been “loving our men.” Our goal is to have Christ-centered, strong, healthy marriages. Brokenness is epidemic in our culture. If your marriage is broken or

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