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Marriage
The Surprising Starting Point for Happy Marriages
Posted On May 19, 2025

The enemy of marital happiness is contention. We fight and misunderstand each other. We develop resentments. We can become estranged. So, the intuitively obvious recommendation is to get people to talk …

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Marriage
Jesus, the Samaritan Woman, and Your Marriage
May 5, 2025

When Jesus chose to whom He would make the first official declaration of His divinity, it was to the Samaritan woman by Jacob’s well. What a surprise! His choice defied …


Marriage
The Key to Happy Marriages
April 24, 2025

At one time or another, most married people have felt stuck. They cared about their partner and found many blessings in their marriages, but something wasn’t working right and the …


Marriage
Dealing with Differences in Marriage
February 24, 2025

We humans are odd creations! We all think we’re rational and sensible, yet at the same time, it’s pretty clear to us that most other people are held hostage by …


Marriage
Dealing with Irritation in Your Marriage
January 13, 2025

Marriage is a strange state. Almost all people enter marriage expecting companionship, happiness and fulfillment. Yet almost half divorce. Among the rest, many relationships are packed with conflict. Some are …


Marriage
Understanding Differences in Our Marriages
September 23, 2024

It is surprising how different we can be in our marriages. Here are some differences we have seen in couples we know and love. He is married to his job and …


Free Resources  / Marriage
Looking at Our Marriages from God’s Perspective
August 12, 2024

How would you define the purposes of marriage? Love and companionship? Stability? Building a family? Social expectations? There are a lot of reasons people marry and, more often than not, …


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Simple Miracles and Big Blessings in my Journey with Meridian Magazine
March 1, 2024

Most miracles are subtle. They can only be discerned with the eye of faith. I sat down at a World Family Policy Forum on January 15, 1999. I am always interested …


Marriage  / Self Development
Worried About the Wrong Things
January 22, 2024

Jesus was different. While most of us are impressed by a person’s prominence, Jesus was impressed by their humility and compassion. While most of us fret about our social standing, Jesus …


Marriage
A Change of Heart in Relationships
September 25, 2023

When we suffer distress in relationships—especially marriage—we instinctively search for the problems that cause our distress. Almost always we discover defects in the other person. Then we create a story …