Every Day a Bride: a message of God's love for the church
The glory of the bride on her wedding day is the glory of being chosen and treasured. But, not every day is the wedding day. This is a reminder that no matter what you face today, nothing can rob you of your identity in Christ.
Surviving an Affair: Staying Whole When You are Broken
As I’ve walked with other women through healing from affairs, I’ve been able to identify several lies that the enemy uses to try to take us down. These are common to anyone who has been sexually violated, but they cannot compete with God’s truth. If you have been wounded by someone else’s sexual sin, let me encourage you that you can trust God’s word over your feelings, fears, or what anyone else has told you. If you recognize any of these lies, know that you are not alone!
The Cost of Organic Friendship
I've heard people say that they want "organic community". People all over the world are tired of feeling lonely and they ache to have friendships, a place free from pretence or a pressure to perform. And who could disagree with that?
We were made for it. But it doesn't come easy.
Someone's Daughter - why it matters who she is related to a world of sexual objectification and rape culture
In articles, blogs, and social media posts, sexual-assaulting behaviour is exposed and condemned with real life examples. More likely than not someone will comment something along the lines of, “I can’t believe someone who do that to her! Don’t they realize that she is someone’s daughter?! That she is someone’s sister!” But, there is often opposition to that comment.
What God Has Joined Together
As married couples, we live so close that every rough edge we still have will touch the other person. Those splinters can get caught under the skin. The temptation is for us to become calloused. To stop hoping. To stop letting your spouse near. To stop caring so that you won’t face disappointments. To let your smile fade and your eyes grow cold. It is the thought, “You can’t hurt me if I don’t let you close.”
What Happened To My Wife?
Men, I've seen it in your faces. An element of confusion mixed with moments of suffocating helplessness. You don't want to expose your girl, but you also aren't sure how to ask if this is just what her new normal is. I know it could be awkward for me to open up this conversation with you in person, but I hope my perspective can be of some assistance to you here in the safety of the web press.
Be loved
Your value extends beyond your physical appearance. It goes beyond your ability to turn someone’s head or keep the crowd’s attention with your beauty. You are allowed to desire to be known at a deeper level than just skin on skin. You are allowed to want to be feel safe in friendships and in a relationship.
Being a Mother. Being A Lover.
The question is, how can a woman navigate the significantly different roles of mother and lover?
How can she recognize BOTH as good and healthy, but not let those roles interchange? Because our husbands certainly do not need us to mother them, and our children desperately need to grow up seeing the personhood of woman, distinct from her sexuality.
Why You Can't Just Get Over It (and why intimacy demands fidelity)
You took the risk of trusting and disclosing the core of who you are. You were naked and exposed before them. To be rejected or discarded at that point will certainly hurt. And your brain tells you that you never want to feel that way again.
When Sex Doesn't Feel Sexy
When we were newlyweds, I often used to wonder, “How much sex should a married couple be having?”
“What is average? What is normal?” The answer I’ve come to recognize is simply, “More.”
But in saying that, if you are like many others, you may feel like sex just doesn’t feel sexy anymore. Here are a 5 common misconceptions and struggles that may be interfering with your SEX LIFE.