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How I Found God in Bed
A lot of people say that they find God in the beauty and wonder of nature, and while I am very happy for them, I find it much more exhilarating to find God in the warm afterglow of a truly stupendous orgasm.
Before all you nature lovers fire off incensed emails about the breathtaking exquisiteness of nature, bear in mind that the breathtaking exquisiteness of nature also contains malevolent grizzly ...
Related Topics: Abuse, God, goodness of, Healing, sex, Sexual abuse, Trust
The Secret Mind-blowing Actual Purpose of Marriage
I was invited recently to a wedding. My handsome young nephew, the groom, had a smile that could have lit up the universe as his gorgeous blond bride made her way down the aisle to join him in the bonds of matrimony. He was marrying the woman of his dreams, and it was all good. The problem was, like all young kids on their glorious wedding days, my man didn't really know who he was marrying. If he ...
Related Topics: Childhood, pain, Painful Past, Parents, Purpose
Oh, Wilderness
At a weak moment, after romance-laced encouragement, my husband persuaded me to accompany him on one of his treasured wilderness trips to Canada.
"You'll love it," he promised.
I'd heard his stories of bear sightings, torturous portages over impossible trails, and the wilderness's version of a bathroom. What part would I love?
Snow fell softly on the windshield as we pulled into the parking area where ...
Related Topics: Compromise, Marriage, Nature, Time with Spouse
Our Interesting Approaches to Tithing
As parents of three college-age persons, my wife and I now have an early-year ritual. We file the tax returns, and then we file something called the FAFSA—the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This shows us exactly how much financial aid our kids will not get for college in the coming year.
Once you plug in your financial and tax information, the government spits back your Expected Family ...
My Wife's Worst Girlfriend
I came of age during the time when people started saying husbands and wives should be best friends. If they could be best friends, they could have a satisfying and lasting marriage.
It took me years to discover that—at least for me—this didn't actually work.
I started out trying to be the best friend—which meant, among other things, I should be empathetic, caring, attentive, and nurturing. ...
Bigger than Both of Us
For the first several years of my marriage, I was fond of paraphrasing C.S. Lewis on the difference between romantic love and friendship. "In The Four Loves," I'd tell whoever might (or might not) be interested, "Lewis points out that friends stand side by side and look out at the world, while lovers stand face to face and look at each other." I often cited this concept in support of date nights; ...
Related Topics: Difficulty, Expectations, Loneliness, Marriage
When Your Loved One Doesn't Love God
With every new year, Lisa hopes, "Maybe this is the year my husband will become a Christian." Meanwhile, she sits with her kids in church trying not to feel resentful as she watches other families—husband, wife and 2.3 children—filling the pews around her.
"I have to fight the lump in my throat," she says. "My mind races: I'm angry and worried and scared all at the same time. I try not ...
Faith for Two
When my husband and I married nine years ago, we were flooded with aids to structure our devotions together—needlepoint mottos ("The Couple That Prays Together, Stays Together"), Bible-reading schedules designed for two, prayer journals with two columns and lots and lots of books. So we figured that joint devotions were just one of those things married people do—like sharing a bathroom ...
The Truth about Love
When at age 16 David Ferguson and Teresa Carpenter decided they wanted to get married, they gave their parents an ultimatum: "Sign the consent form or we'll elope to Kansas." Their parents signed the form. The morning after their wedding, one of David's buddies knocked on their motel room door; he wanted David to shoot some pool. So the newly married teenager left his sleeping bride without any ...
Promises, Promises
Just a few weeks after Kathy and I were married, we had one of the worst arguments of our lives. I can't remember now what all the fighting was about. But I do remember hours of discussion, the mounds of tear-drying tissues on the bed and finally Kathy's question: "If we have these kinds of differences between us, is our marriage over?"
Then I did a stupid thing. I laughed—not just a little ...
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