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Foodie Fridays – An Introduction
food.ie noun INFORMAL; plural noun: foodies – a person with a particular interest in food; a gourmet. Tom and I are certainly foodies. We share a love for cooking, eating different cuisines and trying new restaurants. I joined Yelp years … Continue reading
A Different But Memorable Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day was different than any other year for us. Normally I post ideas for how to make your time together romantic and memorable, all while planning a special at-home date for us. But I didn’t this year. I didn’t … Continue reading
How to build a FIT Marriage in 3 Easy Steps
It’s January and everyone is focused on losing weight, being active, embracing abandoned disciplines. Due to parties and family gatherings we may have neglected our normal routines. It’s time to pull in the reins and begin anew. Maybe your marriage … Continue reading
Vintage Post: Critical Judgments
Originally posted in November 2016 You begin to share with your spouse about something that is really bothering you. Right as you are pouring your heart out to them, they ask a question about something else, revealing that they haven’t … Continue reading
Vintage Post – Suspicion in Marriage
This is part two of our five part series on uncovering the practices or habits that are detrimental to marriage. Today we’ll expose another practice you may or may not be aware of in your own marriage. Suspicion Seventy-five years … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Difficulty, Growing Strong Marriages, Vintage Posts
Tagged Detriments to Marriage, Suspicion in Marriage
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Transitions
Ask any woman who has experienced natural childbirth what transition was like and you’ll most likely get a grimace. Transitions are hard and there is usually no way around them but through. When our son was born my labor progressed … Continue reading
Happy Place
Tom and I had a discussion tonight about where our happy place is. It was an interesting conversation. He initially thought of places where we had made memories together. Happy times we’ve shared are special to me as well. However, … Continue reading
Two-Thousand and Counting
What began in 2008 as a way to corral all our date-night ideas into one place, has turned into this blog with 2,000 blog posts written, published and filed. If you are new to our site, we have lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Love, Celebrations, Christian Marriage
Tagged 2000 posts, Best of Our Blog, Blog Stats
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Mercy
“It’s only a surface cavity,” My dentist explained. “You may not need novocaine at all. I’ll start drilling and if you feel any pain raise your hand.” I’m ashamed to say I about took his head off! Novocaine is a … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Difficulty, Growing Strong Marriages, Keeping It Real, Seasons of Life
Tagged Dentist, Mercy, Novocaine, Numb
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Six Marriage Quotes to Inspire
Posted in Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Perspective in Marriage
Tagged marriage quotes
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Labor of Love
Monday is Labor Day in the United States. It’s a day off for most Americans from work. And a National Holiday that says goodbye to Summer. Schools are back in session and the familiar routine returns. Routine. Some love it … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Encouraging Your Spouse, Holidays, Labor Day
Tagged Labor Day, Labor of Love
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Quiz Your Spouse
It’s Back-to-School week in most areas. A time when parents can kick back into a more established routine. There are tests to study for and lunches to be packed. It’s all part of the rhythm of the school year. Our … Continue reading
A Humble Spouse
We just finished going through the book, Cherish, by Gary Thomas, for the umpteenth time. And that is no exaggeration. You would think we wouldn’t need to read a book like this over and over. Especially since we’ve been doing … Continue reading
Posted in Cherish, Cherishing, Christian Marriage, Growing Strong Marriages, Intimacy, Repentance, Temptation
Tagged Andrew Murray, Cherish by Gary Thomas, Humility
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Yoked
I read recently about the purpose of a yoke in training young oxen. They are put in a yoke with an older more experienced ox in order to teach them how to work well together. The picture described was of … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Difficulty, Encouraging Your Spouse
Tagged marriage covenant, Marriage help, oxen, yoked
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Solstice
Yes, today is the one where daylight is the longest of the year. The sun stays around a bit longer and does what it does best—shines light. without it all would be darkness—complete and utter darkness. If you’re like me, … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Summer Date Ideas
Tagged Date Night Ideas, moonlight, summer solstice, sunlight
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A Weighty Word Indeed
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a word. It has caused me to stop in my tracks and ponder it’s meaning. When applied to One in particular, it can bring me to my knees. The word is…HOLY It is … Continue reading
In Need of Shade
Must find shade! We have a black car and the temperature difference between parking in a sunny spot and a shady spot is huge as far as comfort is concerned. Add to it the windshield umbrella contraption Tom bought and … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Marriage, Difficulty, Encouraging Your Spouse, Seasons of Life
Tagged Marriage help, Seasons of Marriage, Shade, Summer
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Tomorrow
It is said at most traditional marriage ceremonies, yet we often give little thought about it from that day forward. “‘Til death do us part.” A couple of Sundays ago, our pastor taught on 1 Corinthians 5 – 7. The … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Encouragement, Christian Marriage, Death and Grieving, Keeping It Real, Seasons of Life
Tagged A.W. Tozer, Metro Life Church, Sexual intimacy, until death do us part, Widowhood
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Stay
We have been surrounded by a lot of trying and heartbreaking circumstances. Sharing tears with friends and family about losses that will never be restored. At least not in this life. Scripture tells us to weep with those who weep. … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Encouragement, Christian Marriage, Difficulty
Tagged endurance, Prayer, stay
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The Romantic Vineyard 