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There are a lot of things God did not make me. He did not design me to be a doctor or an engineer, nor did He design me to cut down big trees or run for president. It’s easy to list the things I’m not. It’s really hard to define who I am with a [...]
Ann and I are back in Pennsylvania for the next month. My parents sold the house and needed some help moving everything out to Illinois to be closer to their grand kids. So we are busy packing boxes and preparing for our annual festival summer tour (we are still taking applicants for the tour, by [...]
Last week I started lap swimming again. I’m not sure if it was my snug jeans or my busied mind that urged me to go. I’ve always sort of viewed swimming laps as a cleansing process; after a few minutes my body falls into a steady rhythm, I forget that I’m exercising, and I get [...]
The ancient Jewish Talmud says, “A wife is the joy of a man’s heart.” You wouldn’t have to read it to know this, just get married and go on an adventure with your wife. Being married to Ann has made all the beautiful things in life so much more amazing. In high school I took [...]
A friend of mine told me the other day, “Joe, being married is the hardest part of my life and the best part of my life, all at the same time.” I could not agree more. I mean, I love my wife and I love being married to her. All of my best memories are [...]
Have you ever wondered if you married the “right” person? I have, and more than once. Society has taught us that the idea of a successful relationship or marriage is a combination of the “right” people, and if a relationship breaks up or a marriage ends in divorce, it’s most likely because the two people [...]
“Each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” - Ephesians 5:33 I am learning that the difference between a good marriage and a great marriage is how well a couple accepts and obeys the Biblical commandment of love and respect. If I am ever [...]
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” Proverbs 18:21 The words we speak have so much power in our lives. They literally are the source of life and death, as King Solomon wrote thousands of years ago. I’d never really given much thought to the scriptures devoted to our speech until I [...]
“What if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy?” This quote by Gary Thomas has caused an earthquake inside my soul. ”If this were true, it would explain a lot,” I thought to myself. I have to be honest here. I got married because I wanted to be in [...]
I’ve been married now for five months and I still don’t have a clue how my wife’s mind works. She can go from loving me one minute to being emotionally empty the next, from exciting to be around to downright depressing. It can sometimes be a roller coaster ride, and it always catches me completely [...]
I have been feeling a bit of writer’s block this past week. It’s always hard for me to sit still long enough to write anything of substance unless I’m really passionate about it, but when I can’t articulate what I want to say it gets even harder. I’ve never considered myself a writer. Most days [...]
The wildest part of marriage so far is being able to have sex! Ann and I are really getting the hang of it and it keeps getting better. I don’t have any great sex or marriage advice as of yet. I’m still a beginner. Here are a few things that I have learned that consistently [...]
Ann and I are realizing that we may be giving all of you the wrong impression. We have thoroughly presented the glorious side of adventure in our blog posts, but we have not expressed the harder side of living life without a pre-installed safety net. It is so easy to see the glory and not [...]
People told me it would happen; it’s just a matter of time. All married couples eventually end up fighting. Since the wedding, friends have often asked me how married life is. I don’t really know how to answer. It’s such a loaded question. I mean, obviously married life is great! I get to wake up next to my best friend every [...]
Ann and I had the opportunity to sit down with John Eldredge for a marriage counseling session recently. For those who don’t know, John is a brilliant writer who has written a number of books that have helped lots of people come closer to God and live from their whole hearts. Ever since I met [...]
