by Darlene Schacht | Jun 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
It wasn’t anything I did. At least nothing I could pin point. The only thing that changed for me was my attitude. It happened some time ago. I was reading a marriage article when one sentence stood out to me more than the others. I don’t even remember...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
My heart is a scrapbook, each day a new page adorned with memories of time well spent together. Love is the ink that flows through each page marking the places we’ve been and the people we’ve seen. Finger printed pages remind me of the gentle way this man...
by Heidi St. John | Jun 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Oops. I did it again. Nagged. Corrected. Rolled my eyes. Sighed. When will I ever learn? We love to do what we’ve been equipped to do. Traveling around the United States with our kids and learning to trust in God’s provision has been exhilarating and...
by Matthew L. Jacobson | Jun 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
So, what does it take to become a father? Not much, actually. A few minutes of selfishness, thoughtlessness, and carelessness and voilà – A Child Is Born. Congratulations . . . you’re a father. It’s no big accomplishment, really. Any guy can father a child. The bar...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Are you ready to celebrate summer? Me too! And I have just the way to do it. Grab a good book and head outside for a little R&R. Michael and I like to take road trips with the kids, and while he drives I can usually get through a good book, which is why I try to...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today I’m talking about living with less, or for some of you—much less. There are things that we all have stuffed behind closed doors, hidden inside our drawers, laying under our beds, thrown onto our shelves, stacked up in our cupboards, crowding our counters,...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
When I look at the union between a man and his wife, I’m not surprised that God is involved. I’m in awe. His plan for marriage is a beautiful one, where two people grow together as one. “It’s not good that man should be alone,” He said,...
by Renee Swope | Jun 5, 2014 | Attitude, Biblical Womanhood, Communication, Conflict, Honoring Our Husbands, Parenting, Respect
Our son Andrew was tired, really disappointed by a friend, qnd he had homework he didn’t want to do. Angry tears dripped down his cheeks while he worked on his assignments, revealing there was something more bubbling under the surface. My husband sat across the...
by Lisa Jacobson | Jun 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
I believe it all began in the streets of Paris. I was younger, single, and relatively free from responsibility. Back then I was studying in France and getting lost in the Louvre. Later I would meet the man I’d marry and we returned to Paris on business. Not that it...
by Karen Ehman | Jun 3, 2014 | Help-Meet, Husbands, Marriage, Respect
We wives can be such chatterboxes. And so often we try to use our words to show our husbands love and respect. Or to tell them just how crazy we still are about them. Sadly, we also at times use our words to wound; a weapon to throw when we feel hurt or ignored or...
by Ashleigh Slater | May 30, 2014 | Marriage
“How would you like to spend the rest of your life eating breakfast across the table from me?” the man asked boldly. The petite, dark-haired woman his words were directed at giggled. Perhaps her cheeks even blushed at such forwardness. “Big...
by Matthew L. Jacobson | May 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
When it comes to offenses between spouses, a good memory is very bad. There’s nothing quite like regularly referencing the list of your spouse’s past offenses and failures to close a heart and prevent true intimacy and fellowship. There is a deep-seated unkindness...
