Marriage

  • The Problem with Humility

    It’s the hardest lesson to teach, and it’s the one I just can’t seem to get right… but teach it I must. After five years, I’m rereading Kristin Lavransdatter, and I still wanna smack her and hug her all at… Continue reading

    The Problem with Humility

  • What I Wish I’d Known

    SAVING GRACE you don’t do it for yourself you don’t do it for your kids you don’t do it for your husband you don’t do it for company you do it for God God sees God hears God knows even… Continue reading

    What I Wish I’d Known

  • What Rocks a Marriage and What Makes a Marriage Rock

    By May A Image: Zelle Duda The Survey of Marital Generosity (www.stateofourunions.org) was published in 2011 and was a summary of almost 2,000 couples’ response on what makes a marriage very happy and what makes a marriage strong (i.e. not prone… Continue reading

  • This Is Your Marriage On Social Media

    Image: Josh Applegate I wish I were clever and resourceful enough to come up with a commercial similar to the one below, to illustrate how we treat marriage on social media. We do not realize just how serious a responsibility… Continue reading

  • Humans + Animal Behavior: Offensive or Not?

    The Internet seems to have lost its collective brain cells again, this time thanks to boxing superstar and pride of the Philippines Manny Pacquiao’s statement on same sex “marriage”, saying, Common sense lang. Makakita ka ba ng any animals na… Continue reading

  • Intimacy Through the Lens of Fear (Part 2 of a Series)

    The fear of intimacy is neither rare nor new. Every person has this fear, though we experience it to different degrees. Its root of course is a fear of rejection. As we raise our children, it is our constant challenge… Continue reading

  • Let’s Talk Submission, Part 3: Last Thoughts

    Let’s Talk Submission: Part 1 Let’s Talk Submission Part 2: Some Practical Suggestions I’d like to go back to some women’s concerns about their husband’s inability or unwillingness to lead, and ways to help with that. Try writing out a… Continue reading

  • Let’s Talk Submission, Part 2: Some Practical Suggestions

    Let’s Talk Submission: Part 1 Let’s Talk Submission Part 3: Last Thoughts We can do a lot towards rebuilding the husband’s role in our marriages: We need to stop being control-freaks (speaking to myself here really) and let men take… Continue reading

  • Let’s Talk Submission (Part 1)

    Let’s Talk Submission Part 2: Some Practical Suggestions Let’s Talk Submission Part 3: Last Thoughts Last week, a friend asked me if I had a blog post on submission. She asked,”Does that mean we (women) don’t get to have opinions?”… Continue reading

  • 100 Ways to Rebuild the Culture of Life

    Family Celebrate life: birthdays, name days, anniversaries. Celebrate the living. Spend time with grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins. Get your marriage right. Seek spiritual direction if you need to, as individuals or as a couple. Have kids, have more kids, adopt,… Continue reading