Blog / Posts Tagged: love
01
May
2019
3 Ways to Ensure a Better Journey on the Road of Marriage
Written by: Guest Blogger | Found in: Grace, Marriage | No Comments »
The following article is a guest post by Pastor Jamie Rasmussen of Scottsdale Bible Church. Many people see marriage as a “societal and cultural norm” passed down for generations. Each new generation accepts it or changes it to fit their current and progressing values. Others see marriage as “divinely sourced”—coming from an external divine being—who […]
14
Feb
2019

I’ve always loved Valentine’s Day. I love the hearts and flowers and the pink and red and the sugar and smiles. I love the perforated cards sold in cardboard boxes that schoolchildren give to their classmates. I love this day. It is a sparkly, glittery, girly-girl kind of holiday and deep inside – well, really […]
08
Feb
2019
Loving Well Through Times that Aren’t So Easy
Written by: Cindi Ferrini | Found in: Parenting | No Comments »
We have 3 children. For the most part we feel we’ve been able to express our love well to each of our children even though (we all admit) there were times when we had to concentrate more on the special needs of our son, which may have looked like we loved him more. Nothing could […]
26
Sep
2018
The Missing Piece of a Harmonious Marriage
Written by: Cody Kimmel | Found in: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Sometimes marriage sounds like a symphony. Every note working together, the dynamics, the ebb and flow of rest and movement, everything working in complete harmony. And sometimes marriages sound like a piano thrown down the stairs of a 30-story building. Regardless of effort and time, there is no harmony. I have been a musician since […]
19
Sep
2018
What Can Truly Save a Marriage?
Written by: Sonia Cleverly | Found in: Uncategorized | No Comments »
At the end of 2018 Scott and I will have been married 27 years. This is longer than some of the young men and women in the couples we mentor have even been alive. It’s longer than either of our parents’ marriages lasted. There have been seasons when 27 years is longer than we would […]
12
Mar
2018

I was flying to Canada one autumn to speak at a college. I was on a British carrier that had a lot of Europeans on board. The computer that selected my seat had placed me next to a husband and wife in their mid-fifties. They were a Jewish couple from England who had been vacationing […]
17
Dec
2015
My Own War at Christmas
Written by: Karina Loewen | Found in: Advent, Current Events, Grace | No Comments »
Those of us who were raised in the Church know the narrative of Christmas, the story of Christ and his life and ministry forwards and backwards. It’s often brought up in teachings, studies and sermons that so many of the people who lived in the same day and age as Jesus missed the boat on […]
14
Dec
2015

It’s not a stretch to compare a kid’s birthday party to a war zone. I mean, 30 kids playing games, having a water balloon fight, eating cake and ice cream, and opening presents is certainly the fastest way I know to make your home look like the Battle of Armageddon. My six year old daughter’s […]
03
Sep
2015

We were naïve and idealistic. It goes with being young. Our world was far more about promises than problems. What lay over the horizon was of greater concern to us than what we could see in our rear view mirror. Although we spent most of our days checking requirements off of our educational dance card, […]
10
Jul
2015

Early this year, our family had to make one of the toughest choices we’ve faced in a while. We had to choose to lose our dog. I know what you’re thinking…no, we didn’t leave him on someone’s doorstep or drive him out to the country. He was always more than capable of getting lost […]