marriage

The Winter of Marriage

by Cathi-Lyn Dyck February 22, 2012
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Like anything else in life, a relationship goes through seasons. Folk wisdom suggests that marriage can enter a winter because the heat decreases (whether emotional, spiritual or physical). But sometimes we forget that the heat decreases because the days get shorter. At our house, we find that life speeds up for us a little every [...]

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Best Friends

by Cathi-Lyn Dyck April 3, 2011
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Previously, I wrote about good girlfriend relationships, and the balancing act of good male-female friendships. This time around, I want to ask you this: Who’s your best friend in the world? Lots of us would say Jesus, but I’m intentionally drawing a distinction here. God’s our best friend in heaven and earth, but while we’re [...]

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Marriage and Friendship, Part 2

by Cathi-Lyn Dyck February 3, 2011
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Last time, we talked about uprooting heart attitudes that destroy our friendships, and seeking mutual Christian upbuilding with other women. I suggested at that time that if we haven’t got that sorted out, we’re not necessarily in a good place to evaluate whether male-female friendships are a wise prospect. I believe that healthy friendship should [...]

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Book Review—Committed to the Covenant

by Brenda King December 5, 2010
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Committed to the Covenant by Elizabeth Lapp ISBN: 978-0878136452 Christian Light Publications, 2007 81 pages, nonfiction Elizabeth believed she and Emanuel enjoyed a happy, healthy marriage. They had two beautiful children, an adequate income, and a caring church family. But one day her world came crashing down when she learned it was all an illusion. [...]

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Marriage and Friendship, Part 1

by Cathi-Lyn Dyck December 3, 2010
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This past February, Dan Brennan’s Sacred Unions, Sacred Passions: Engaging the Mystery of Friendship Between Men and Women hit bookstore shelves and the blogosphere. It stirred up a controversy that, it seems to me from the slightly older folks I know, was never before preached on with such uncertainty. Can men and women be friends [...]

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Broken Vows That Heaven Allows (A tribute to Sandra Day O’Connor)

by Mariane Holbrook May 7, 2010
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No longer he rises to greet her as wife Though they have been married for most of her life. She longs to embrace him and say, “I love you.” But who is this stranger? He has not a clue. For years he’s regressed to the state he’s now in; She tries to remember, “When did [...]

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To Regard a Man

by Cathi-Lyn Dyck April 10, 2010
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In writing on The Dreaded ‘S’ Word, Stacy Miller quoted Ephesians 5:33 from the Amplified version. It went like this: Let the wife see that she respects and reverences (deeply respects, loves, and is in awe of) her husband. She should notice him, regard (consider, gaze upon, to hold in affection and respect) him… I [...]

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Quiet Time—Secret to a Happy Marriage

by Paula Friedrichsen April 29, 2009

Many years ago my husband and I went through a rough patch. A betrayal on my part, and feelings of unforgiveness on his part, had left our marriage in need of restoration and healing. In addition to this, I felt my relationship with the Lord had dwindled to an ember of what it had once [...]

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My Wife’s Affair Shattered—and Saved—Our Marriage

by Nancy C. Anderson August 18, 2008
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(Note: This post was written by Ron Anderson, husband of Positively Feminine contributor Nancy C. Anderson.) I searched her eyes for the familiar fire. Seeing none, I thought, who is this woman? My wife of two years had become an instant stranger. She repeated the sentence I could not understand, “I’m moving out.” I asked, [...]

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Husband’s Sexual Needs—Man or Monster?

by Nancy C. Anderson March 19, 2008

After almost 30 years of marriage, I’m just beginning to understand my husband’s sexual needs. I DO know that his need for sexual contact is much stronger than mine. While I would be thrilled, with a romantic rendezvous about twice a month, his need is more intense. I noticed a pattern: the longer he went [...]

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Four Slippery Steps to Adultery

by Nancy C. Anderson January 10, 2008

At work and church, in our neighborhoods and during our daily activities we all encounter people of the opposite sex who are attractive. That’s not the problem. Our selfish choices after the attraction create the problem. Adultery has a progression and most people (even Christians) take these steps before they slide down the slippery slope. [...]

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