The Marriage Killer

Posted by Jeff Olson on February 3, 2012

Nagging is a marriage killer. So says a study reported in the recent Wall Street Journal article—“Meet the Marriage Killer.”

The article defines the nagging problem as the “interaction in which one person repeatedly makes a request, the other person repeatedly... Read More

“Marriage is what brings us together today.”

Posted by Tim Jackson on July 13, 2011

I can’t attend a wedding without that classic scene from Princess Bride running through my head. And again, on cue, it invaded the introductory moments of my nephew and his beautiful bride’s wedding I just attended this past week. It was a glorious affair that included a fireworks... Read More

Get ready for inconvenience

Posted by Jeff Olson on June 23, 2011

Recently I caught the last part of the Christian flick Fireproof. The film is about Caleb Holt, a husband who sets out on one last ditch effort to save his troubled marriage to Catherine by implementing a 40 day test called “The Love Dare.” At first, Caleb’s heart isn’t in what... Read More

Trust & Verify

Posted by Tim Jackson on June 22, 2011

I work with a lot of couples in crisis. Promises made at a wedding 3, 7, 15, or 28 years ago that expressed good intentions and carried so much hope were somehow forgotten. Vows are broken. Hearts betrayed. Trust shattered.

Rebuilding trust? That’s one of the the greatest challenges... Read More

Royal Weddings

Posted by Tim Jackson on April 29, 2011

OK, it’s time for true confessions. How many of you set your alarms this morning to get up and watch “the wedding of the century?” OK, if you didn’t, how many of you recorded it on your DVR?

Everyone’s talking about the royal wedding between Prince William... Read More

Sexpectations

Posted by Allison Stevens on March 28, 2011

I’m reading the book He’s Just Not That Into You.  Please don’t stop reading my blog yet- I know – this book is sooo not from a biblical mindset. It’s written mainly by a man, with a woman who wrote for the television program “Sex and the City.”  I know, I know!  This... Read More

Women and Men

Posted by Allison Stevens on January 24, 2011

Is there any common sense to waiting for marriage to have sex?

I think there’s a lot of common sense about it. I just spoke with two separate women who went further, physically, with men than they had planned to or were emotionally ready for – and now one is filled with self-doubt... Read More

My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalms 73:26)

Posted by Allison Stevens on September 13, 2010

This is the verse that we discussed yesterday in church. It was in the context of marriage. When our spouses won’t, or can’t meet our needs, we can rely on the promise of God that He is our strength and all that we need.

It’s hard to completely grasp what that means when a spouse... Read More

The abusive marriage

Posted by Allison Stevens on July 6, 2010

Many marriages have normal conflict. The spouses get along mostly, but there are times when they argue or disagree. And it can get pretty heated. Some may not speak to each other for days because they’re so upset.

But there is another kind of marriage that is really no marriage at... Read More

Hand in hand

Posted by Allison Stevens on February 3, 2010



A good friend of mine knows she is most likely spending the last few days she has with her mother here on earth. Her mother is in her late eighties and very sick.  She lives with her husband of 60 plus years and they’ve taken care of each other in the same home they raised their... Read More
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