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5 Right and Wrong Reasons To Want A Healthy Marriage

First, we want to share with you the wrong reasons to want a healthy marriage: 1. I want to be happy. While happiness is a by-product of a healthy marriage, it can never be the goal. Happiness is fleeting, especially … Continue reading

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Happy Hour

It’s time for our Specials of the Week. We pray these marriage blogs will encourage you as you read some of their best posts from this week. Enjoy your weekend! Encourage Your Spouse One Chair At A Time – I … Continue reading

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Mortified – Tom’s Turn

Debi has been sharing all week her battle in mortifying pride in her life. If you haven’t read them yet, please take time to. Here are the links: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Today we’re going to do … Continue reading

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Stop Grey From Becoming The New Black And White

Last week we talked about Sexual Intimacy and what it takes to cultivate this closeness in marriage. In a culture that craves sex it is ironic that marriages are often sex-starved. Either for lack of sex or because of the … Continue reading

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Happy Hour

Here are the posts we deem as Specials of the Week for your weekend enjoyment! Encourage Your Spouse Encouraging Words: Bless – How do you use this word…bless your heart. Read this for some southern inspiration. 🙂 Intimacy In Marriage … Continue reading

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It Takes Time To Make Time

Before we were married it took no effort at all to plan our next date. We wanted to be together as much as our time would allow. But once we were married this began to gradually change; it had to. … Continue reading

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Lost

Have  you ever lost something precious to you? I have–just this past weekend as a matter of fact. I lost my journal. It’s ironic after posting about my journal-writing last week, to realize I had no idea where it was. … Continue reading

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Happy Hour

I am so sorry we haven’t had the time this past week to read other marriage blogs the way we usually do. As a result we don’t have our regular list of “special posts” for your weekend reading enjoyment. But … Continue reading

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Happy Hour

While the world celebrates Happy Hour trying to forget reality, we celebrate Happy Hour by highlighting great marriage blog posts worth reading. God has linked us together via the Christian Marriage Bloggers Association, so it is with full confidence that … Continue reading

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The Titanic: A Lesson For Marriage

When each of us entered into our marriage as husband and wife, we had no idea of the difficulty, the challenges, the issues we would face together. Some couples prepare themselves and ride the storms of life, coming out better and … Continue reading

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Happy Hour

It’s Friday. It’s 5p. And while many are heading towards a bar for a drink to help them forget the trouble of the week, we’re hoping you’ll belly up to a computer and read our “Specials of the Week.” These … Continue reading

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The Gospel And The Bedroom

We have been discussing the effect of the Gospel on our marriages with other marriage bloggers we have come to know and respect. Simply put, we wouldn’t have a marriage if it weren’t for the Gospel. What better time than … Continue reading

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Happy Hour

Yes, it’s time for us to share with you the posts of other marriage bloggers we think are special. Take some time this weekend to visit them. An added plus? All of these bloggers are members of the newly formed … Continue reading

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365 Acts of Love

We have been following the quest of one husband to change the way he loves his wife. His goal is to show her 365 acts of love without her knowing of his quest. He documents what he does on a … Continue reading

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Happy Hour

With my Mom’s 90th birthday party tomorrow, I haven’t had as much time to read other blogs as I would like. BUT, I did take some time to update our Wine Train Blog Roll. We highly recommend these websites, and … Continue reading

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Shame On You!

This phrase is often said when someone does something they shouldn’t have. Like when a child deliberately goes against their parents’ wishes bringing embarrassment or shame. But the shame we want to talk about involves the marriage relationship. Oftentimes shame … Continue reading

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Happy Hour

Welcome to 5p. on Friday. It’s time for the weekend to begin, and what better way than to have some really special posts to read to encourage you in your marriage. We have some regulars and some new blogs to … Continue reading

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Necessary Adjustments

We are having to make some adjustments on The Romantic Vineyard, largely due to other responsibilities we have which are pressing: My Mom is turning 90 on March 15th. It is a blessing to have her with us still. She … Continue reading

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When The Storm Passes

Last weekend one of the worst weather systems we’ve ever seen marched across the south and midwest like a fierce army.  There wasn’t much anyone could do except hide and pray.  Entire towns were swept from the landscape like debris. … Continue reading

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Legacy of Marriage

We do well to take thought of how our marriage and our commitment to it influences the lives and choices our children and their children will make. Today was her day for all of her 90 years. My grandmother was … Continue reading

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