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Missed some posts in this series?  You can read them here. I was blessed to begin my marriage as a Christian with a believing husband. We started our relationship with the determination to do things God’s way, and that has not changed. Both of us were raised by parents who have given us amazing examples of…

Missed some posts in this series?  You can read them here. I know the title is redundant, but it makes perfect sense. We have a choice: We can intentionally do nothing, stick to the same old routine and not help our marriage or our spouse grow one bit. Or we can be intentionally intentional in…

Missed some posts in this series?  You can read them here. I am a 40 year old Christian wife (married 19 years), part-time pharmacist and mother of 2 children.  I accepted Christ as a child and grew up to be very involved in church, I had my Bible study and prayer time almost every day…

Missed some posts in this series?  You can read them here. Have you discovered that pornography showed up in your home like an uninvited guest, unpacked her bags, and isn’t catching on to the fact that she is UNwelcome? If so, let me begin by telling you that I’m sorry. I’m sorry that this is…

Missed some posts in this series?  You can read them here. Sex was a problem. Steamy chemistry ignited first romance with my husband and sealed our marriage.  It was like magic.  Fifteen years later, where was it now? Somehow we had slipped into a place of misery. My gestures of love for him were met…

Missed some posts in this series?  You can read them here. How do you feel most days?  Calm, focused and purposeful? Stressed, scattered and distracted?  Or something in between?  Many women yearn for calm but feel stressed, as if they’re being pulled in a dozen directions.  They aspire to a peaceful home, an organized office,…

I recently had a reader contact me asking if I could address the bitterness that’s growing in her heart towards her husband and what can she do about it.  Well, I don’t believe she’s alone in these feelings because I think it’s pretty common among wives.  In fact, I believe there are so many wives…

Sometimes when I read an email from a wife who follows my blog I just scratch my head at what the husband is doing in the marriage.  This email is a perfect example. Dear Jolene, I am a very new bride and still have so much to learn.  Can you give me advice – How…

Hedges. Fences. Brickwalls. These are all borders to protect us.  We place these things around our home to keep out unwanted guests whether they’re cute, small critters or scary, big predators. We need to take this same premise into our marriage in order to protect our marital relationship from seemingly innocent outsiders or outright intruders…