Books
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I Like Big Bibles and I Can Not Lie
Yesterday in honor of Father’s Day we experienced: Every year ~ fantastic. Here is a taste. Prepare to experience an urge to dance, giggle and jump up and down. You will want watch every second of this video. I promise. Have a fantastic week. Be blessed, Lynn
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Thriving Despite
Hi All My Friends, I sure owe you an apology. I apologize for my sporadic writing schedule in the month of May. In my life, May and December are equal when it comes to over commitments and busyness. I’m sorry! Whew glad to get that off my chest. Today I want to conclude the truths…
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Books, Books, and Books
Welcome to the final week of our Open Forum. We've tackled some tough questions the last several weeks. It has been and honor and a pleasure for us to serve our readers this way. Please, feel free at any time to leave a question you may have in the comments or email Lynn and I…
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Are You Thriving?
To read last week’s post and pray for your marriage journey this summer, read Thriving Despite (click here). Before we start to understand how we thrive in a spiritually unequal marriage or any marriage we need to ask a few questions first. Okay, one specific question. Why is marriage so hard? Why is it that…
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Thriving Despite
Your hope is that God will give you the wisdom, courage, and strength to defeat the enemy’s attempts to corrupt your heart so you can remain alive and passionate. With a thriving heart you will be able to live vibrantly and allow God to offer a powerful love through you to whomever He puts in…
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A New Blog? – Another Year – A New Book
Welcome to my new Blog! This website is dedicated to our Lord and to men and women who live every day in a spiritually mismatched marriage. It is my prayer that this forum will be the place where Christians can find support, encouragement, and practical resources to thrive in their unequal marriage. I pray that…
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God is at Great Risk
A friend of mine passed me a book hoping my husband would pick it up and read it. Oh, how I wish my man would read some of the many, many books I have purchased for him over the years. I bet every one of us in a spiritually mismatched marriage has hoped the same…
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I Can’t Believe I sent this to a Radio Station.
It is strange but I find myself listening to a Christian Radio Station that is located in Texas. I found this station through ITunes and have enjoyed the music and positive message. I listen while I write and blog. Well today the station asked their listeners to submit a fun and creative relationship-building tool. Valentine’s…
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Triumphant Living is…
Living in Obedience 24/7I am creating this post in a new Word Blogger tool so if it looks weird, bear with me. Last week, I received in the mail, a book from my friend Dee. I am so glad she sent it. Thank you Dee! The book is, I Dared to Call Him Father by Bilquis Sheikh. This…
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On The Edge and I Need You
Hello Everyone: I am interrupting the scheduled post from last Monday: Is God’s love conditional or unconditional? I have to share with you some thoughts. I am very interested in your opinions. Saturday I attended the San Diego Christian Writers Conference. This is an annual even which is tied to my writing critique group. The…
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Welcome Nancy Kennedy
I am thrilled once again to have Nancy Kennedy as a guest here at Spiritually Unequal Marriage. Nancy kindly provided an interview back in September, 2006. (Click here to read the past interview) If you have been a reader here for very long you probably know that Nancy’s book, When He Doesn’t Believe, Help and…
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Does Hair Matter in Marriage?
One thing I love about our 1Peter3Living group is our willingness to tackle sensitive issues in marriage. Today we are discussing a touchy subject to be sure. I thought I would share it here at Spiritually Unequal Marriage. Does the length of a woman’s hair matter in marriage? Believe it or not, like it or…
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What Bible is your Spouse Reading?
Today, I want you to consider the concept of being perhaps the only Bible your husband will ever read. If that is the case, what is he reading? Does your life reflect scripture? Not always? Don’t lose heart. We are only human. We will fail. Often times I fail not only daily, but hourly. Ugh!…
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An Affair and Incompatibility
We have reached the end of our study of His Needs, Her Needs. The final two chapters are How to Survive An Affair and From Incompatible to Irresistible. How to Survive An Affair: Step One: Ask yourself if you truly want to survive. Step Two: Don’t Put up With It Step Three: Get a Good…
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Admiration
A husband needs his wife to appreciate him for what his already is, not for what he could become if he lived up to her standards. Admiration motivates a man to achieve more. He sees himself able to take on more responsibility for his family. Behind every man should be an admiring wife. This is…
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She Needs Family
Our series on His Needs, Her Needs is approaching the last three chapters. Today let’s take a look at a woman’s need for her husband to be a good father and committed to family. Women are deeply connected to family, parents, aunts, uncles, etc. Women enjoy family events and spending time with her parents. I…
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Domestic Support
Let’s take a look today at a man’s need for peace and quite, domestic support. Quite frankly, I think this is a woman’s need as well. However, we are able to deal with the chaos of child rearing better than men in general. Okay, I’m a little ornery today, sorry guys. This chapter is fascinating.…
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Her Need: Honesty and Openness – Part II
Privacy in a marriage relationship is one thing but secrecy is another issue all together. Honesty is one of the most important qualities in a successful marriage. When you are married, you must send each other accurate messages and receive accurate responses. Do husband’s lie to their wives? A man may respond in a dishonest,…
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Her Need: Honesty and Openness
Dorothy felt both perplexed and enchanted by Frank’s mystique: She had never met a more private man, and he often evaded her questions. Near the end of the date she might ask him where he was going or what he was planning to do. He would just wink, smile knowingly, and say, “I’ll call you…
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His Need: Recreational Compatitility – II
Why do men find recreational compatibility enormously important? Among the five basic male needs, spending recreational time with his wife is second only to sex for the typical husband. —Dr. Willard Harley, His Needs, Her Needs This interest is difficult to navigate. Before marriage, both partners show interest and participation in the recreation choices of…
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His Need: Recreational Compatitility
The weekend is upon us, a perfect time to visit the Love Bank. How can we store up more deposits in our husbands love bank? The second need for men in Dr. Harley’s book, His Needs, Her Needs is Recreational Companionship. It is not uncommon for women, when they are single, to join men in…