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Is It Selfish to Have Biological Children With So Many Kids Needing Homes?

My wife and I decided before we were married that we were not going to have a biological child. Lydia is diabetic, which can complicate pregnancy and childbirth, and increases (to a small degree, like 1 in 300 cases) …
Maybe Marriage Won't Be So Terrible...

by miss poppy I have made a shift lately. Rather than thinking marriage is the worst curse that could ever happen to me, I am coming around to thinking it might not be so terrible. And yet, a great deal of Christi…
Why Are All the Godly Men Married?

by Sharon Hodde of She Worships As a single woman, I remember going to Christian concerts or conferences or seminars in which I would watch a young, good looking guy on stage who seemed so in love with the Lord, and so p…
Love and Being In Love: Is There a Difference?

A few days ago, I stumbled upon an ongoing discussion in a Facebook group I belong to. The group is made up of other Navy wives and girlfriends, most of whom are in their late teens. Recently, quite a few of them hav…
Was Jesus Married?

A couple of days ago, I was talking with some friends about Jesus being married. A good friend of mine thinks Jesus did marry, but not to Mary Magdelene, like The Da Vinci Code has popularized. In the time of Jesu…
Purge: Destroying the Reminders of Who I Used to Be

It was windy today. I could hear the wind chimes' frantic clatter in the distance. Every now and then the wind would whumph against the thin walls of the garage, or whistle around the corners, or come gusting in the…
Stuff Christians Like: Joking About Sex During Wedding Ceremonies

by Jon Acuff of Stuff Christians Like Fine, I'll say it: We Christians need to agree to a one sex joke maximum during our wedding ceremonies. Seriously, let's make that happen today. I don't know where this started,…
Marriage: Submission is a Dirty Word

Our independent culture can't handle the idea of authority in the home. After the women's liberation movement won women the vote, everything was about equality. And in our fight for equality, we've seen a steady incr…
Thoughts on Physician-Assisted Suicide After the Loss of My Wife

Many states have enacted or are in the process of enacting Death With Dignity laws, or, Physician-Assisted Suicide by another name. I honestly can’t decide how I feel about this. My wife battled her cancer through fo…
QOTD: Married People Alone With the Opposite Sex

by revelife crew This is a hot topic among churches when defining staff policy: Should a married person be alone with someone of the opposite sex, like during car rides, lunch, meetings, etc.?