Darby Strickland, a counselor and teacher at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation, defines financial abuse in marriage and offers advice for helping wives who are oppressed in this way.
Marriage
Can men experience abuse in marriage? Why is it so hard to see a man as a victim of abuse?
It’s not easy to know how to help a depressed spouse, but this advice can get you started.
When talk between spouses seems shallow to them, what’s missing? How can you help a couple have better communication in marriage?
Couples can build a healthy marriage when they offer encouragement to bring about change, growth and the fulfillment of potential.
The key to a great marriage is communication. What kind of communication? Dr. Greg Smalley recommends couples have four key marriage conversations.
Based on their book Marriage Triggers, Amber and Guy Lia discuss common, everyday things – from house cleaning and backseat driving to workaholism and lack of intimacy – which can provoke anger and tension in marriage. Our guests explain how couples can identify those ‘triggers’ and deal with them in a healthy way. Jim Daly’s …
If you’re struggling with the difficult choice of whether to stay in a less than perfect marriage, the answer you seek feels heartbreakingly complicated. Because it is.
It’s not always easy to find the right gift for your spouse. We’re here to help with a list of Valentine’s Day gift ideas for him or her. Check it out!
Darby Strickland, a counselor and teacher at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation, defines sexual abuse in marriage and explains how wives are oppressed in this way.
All relationships take work, but your first responder marriage may make the Jones’ look like a coffee-fetching “internship.”
Seasonal devotions based on a frontier painting by Morgan Weistling
Monica wondered if Brent would still love her if she couldn’t be everything she had always dreamed of being as a wife. What impact would being bedridden for weeks or sometimes months have on a brand-new marriage?
Each person comes to their wedding with a unique set of life experiences and levels of childhood trauma that impact the marriage relationship.
Insidious, overwhelm is the urgent that competes with – and often wins – in the daily war between the important and the urgent.
Having open and honest communication around money management, you and your partner can share personal goals and concerns, understand each other’s financial habits, establish alignment, and agree upon a shared vision.
As a couple, decide on your boundary lines. How can you respect one another when issues arise and you don’t agree?
If we are not diligent to date our mate, the business and busyness of life can infringe until we spend less time together now that we are married than we did before our vows.
The most common complaint among married couples is a lack of communication. Too much conflict is among the top five reasons people divorce.
This is an article about frustration. To be specific, it is about how husbands frustrate their wives. If you want to know how to treat your wife, look at Christ’s love for the church. We will see the frustration factors that can arise when contrasted with the elements of Christ’s love for us.
