Dr. Corey Allan of Simple Marriage has an especially good post entitled . Everyone should read it! Merry Christmas!
Simple Marriage: How To Break Free Of M...
Children Catch More than They are Taught
In her post Do You Really Have “Plenty of Time Later” to Nurture Your Marriage? at Intimacy in Marriage Julie Sibert discusses an important topic, nurturing your marriage. One of the things that I have noticed that happens too often in many businesses is allowing the urgent to take precedence over the important. It happens […]
Change…
Q. How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? A. One–but the light bulb has to really want to change. One of the questions that comes up quite a bit is, how do I get my spouse to read this book/go to this conference/stop doing this activity/pay more attention to me? What […]
It’s Difficult but It Can Be Worth It
First, I’m sorry it’s been so long since my last post. The paying job has been very busy and I just haven’t had the time to think about a post let alone write one. Recently my Pastor has been speaking on spiritual maturity and he’s used the analogy of mountain climbing and reaching the summit […]
Divergent Sexual Preferences
As I mentioned in earlier posts, I don’t like lima beans and my wife doesn’t like the texture of melons. We are each allowed to have our preferences. There is Nothing Wrong with Having Sexual Preferences. In every marriage there are probably some things that both spouses agree are morally wrong that they choose to […]
Do You Want to be Wanted or Need to be N...
For some background on this post you’ll want to read Another Alternative over at Simple Marriage. Does your spouse need you? Do you need your spouse? How much does your spouse’s attitudes and actions affect you? Are you so entwined with your spouse that it is unclear where you stop and they begin? Is this […]
Sexual Intimacy Assumptions Can Wreak Ha...
I’m thrilled to have Julie Sibert of www.IntimacyInMarriage.com. as our first ever guest poster. Here at A Grown Up Marriage we talk quite a bit about qualities like integrity, honesty, and truth. We talk about how these qualities serve to enhance all aspects of intimacy, being truly known, in our marriage. Too often in marriage […]
Wives Who Are Sexually Refused
I’m guest posting today at Intimacy in Marriage about Wives Who Are Sexually Refused.
Dealing with Our Negative Emotions
As I’ve mentioned before Ephesians 4 had a great impact on the way that I responded toward my wife. Starting at about verse 25 to the end of the chapter is some very good instruction for all of our relationships. Instructions about speaking truthfully, controlling our temper, sharing and being generous, and speaking in a […]
Some Observations on Sex
I’ve only been at this blogging thing for a little but I have some observations to make about somethings I think I’m seeing. Sex Is A Huge Issue In Many Marriages As I’ve mentioned before the posts that draw the largest audience are the posts that I’ve made about sex. The more sexually obvious the […]
Another Post About Sex, Kinda…
This has been rattling around in the back of my brain for sometime so bear with me. As usual Paul Byerly of The Generous Husband and The Marriage Bed wrote a post, If I Don’t Admit it, It’s Not True, that finally dislodged this thought from the back of my brain and forced me to […]
What’d You Expect?
Often when I hear what is going on in troubled marriages the question that pops into my mind is, “So, what’d you expect?” Building a strong marriage is difficult because it forces us to face our own worst enemy, our own selfishness. The thing that amazes me the most is how there seems to be […]
Because It’s The Right Thing To Do…
Paul Byerly’s post Control is Often an Illusion over at The Generous Husband prompted me to finally write this post that I’ve been mulling over for awhile. In that post Paul challenges us with the words, “Let’s be less about control and more about doing what we should do.” (emphasis added) It seems fairly obvious […]
Naked and Unashamed
As a follow up to It’s Just Sex… I thought it would be a good idea to further explore the idea of how sex is more than “just sex.” Intimacy is more than a code word for sex. Intimacy in and of itself has a greater meaning in marriage beyond the physically intimate. Choosing to […]