This is part three of a four-part blog series about loving people well in marriage, parenting, friendship, or any other relationship, based on the challenge and encouragement of 1 Corinthians 13:7. You can read part one here and part two here. Have you ever noticed that when someone we love is going through something hard,…
This is part two of a four-part blog series about loving people well in marriage, parenting, friendship, or any other relationship, based on the challenge and encouragement of 1 Corinthians 13:7. You can read part one here. It’s funny how easy it is to tell the people we love what they could be doing better….
This is part one of a four-part blog series about loving people well in marriage, parenting, friendship, or any other relationship, based on the challenge and encouragement of 1 Corinthians 13:7. Years ago, when Jeff and I lived in New York City, Tim Keller was our pastor. (It was a bit like sitting under C.S….
If you’ve been married for any length of time, you’ve experienced this moment: One spouse reaches over to initiate sex. The other sort of shifts away a little and responds, “I’m so sorry. I’m just exhausted tonight.” Five words can start a thousand thoughts, can’t they? The spouse who initiated (and contrary to what you…
We all have superpowers in marriage. Yours might be to whip up your spouse’s favorite double-decker chocolate cake on their birthday. Others might binge-watch every movie in the MCU in order with their Marvel-junkie spouse (wait, that’s actually me) even though they’d rather have their nose in a book or under the hood of a…
I noticed something as I was out walking with friends one recent evening. A few weeks before—at the height of the end-of-school rush—the sidewalks and walking paths had been mostly empty. But now that summer break was well underway, they were packed. Some couples strolled hand in hand, and others intently power-walked. Moms and dads…