Am I Depressed?

You know that moment when the butterflies in your stomach start to fade, and suddenly you’re wondering where all that initial magic went? Maybe you’re sitting across from your partner at dinner, and instead of hanging on their every word, you’re noticing how they chew. Sound familiar? The honeymoon phase has become a widely accepted…

The viral social media meme “777 rule for marriage” sounds clean enough to fit on a refrigerator magnet. One date every seven days. One overnight away every seven weeks. One vacation every seven months. It circulates on social media the way most relationship advice does — as a tidy formula for a complicated thing. And…

If you are newly engaged, congratulations! It is such an exciting time, but it can be stressful as you plan for your deepest commitment. For years, I’ve been a relationship counselor and have had the opportunity to see many different couples. From premarital couples looking to plan their big day to couples who have been…

Practically speaking, it is not possible to grumble and glorify God in the same breath. If we set our minds to cultivating gratitude in our marriages, it will chase out the grumbling. During a particularly grumbly time in my marriage, I felt the Lord impress on my heart to practice the passage from Philippians diligently….

Recently, I was with my family, and my dad wanted to ride the carousel at a park. None of us had ridden a ride in over a decade, so I agreed to my dad’s request and we rode the carousel. On the carousel, my brain automatically searched for my mom, and I started panicking, thinking,…

“He who finds a wife finds a good thing and receives favor from the Lord.” – Proverbs 18:22 Key Points Proverbs 18:22 celebrates a godly wife as a gift and a sign of the Lord’s favor. A wife is not meant to carry every burden alone, but to be honored as a partner of strength,…