New Year’s Resolutions, GPS Systems, and Marriage Goals
As the calendar year ends, many of us begin to entertain hopes and dreams for 2017. (It has to be better than 2016 doesn't it??) Our goals might include paying off student loans, fixing the deck, joining a local gym, or enrolling in grad school. Sometimes, we even...
Does the World Need Another Marriage Book? Why Making Marriage Beautiful Fills a Unique Niche
Amazon has 101 pages of marriage books. At 12 books per page, surely hasn’t everything that could be said on this topic, already been said? Maybe. But maybe not. Prior to and in the process of writing Making Marriage Beautiful, I read approximately twenty-five...
When It Comes to Marriage, We All Need a Little Help
Creating and sustaining a healthy marriage is simultaneously one of the most wonderful and most challenging endeavors I have ever embarked upon. Wonderful in that I am able to share my life with a godly man who loves me. After twenty-five years together, we have...
Marriage Will Change You — What Do You Want that Change to Look Like?
When we walk resolutely down the aisle and proclaim I Do! before friends and family members, none of us have any idea what we are agreeing to. If we did, there might be a longer pause before the officiant’s question and our response. Only one thing is certain:...
What Does “Locker Room Talk” Tell Us about Manhood?
One week before playoffs were to begin, Harvard University’s men’s soccer team prematurely ended their season and forfeited their first place ranking in the league. It was discovered that the players had participated in a lewd “scouting report” for over four years....
How Do We Find a Way Forward After the Election?
The election is over but I'm not necessarily breathing a sigh of relief. In my 39 years of voting, I've never experienced a campaign season as ugly and divisive as this one. Words were spoken in anger. Historic wounds were exposed. Biases were moralized. As a result,...
Autumn in New England
When non-New Englanders think of fall colors, they typically only imagine red, orange, and yellow. Those three shades abound, but autumn in New England is awash in pink from the last cosmos and ripe cabbages, blues from borage, greens from kale and squash, and the...
6 Books For Your Bedside: Fall 2016
I tend to read a book a week. Not only am I a fast reader, but I no longer have small children in the house. Additionally, since Christopher is in his last year of grad school and Matthew (our 3rd son) is in his grueling junior year of high school, it can get pretty...
Why the World Needs More Marriage Books
Approximately three years ago when I started testing the water for a possible marriage book, I frequently heard something along the lines of, “There’s a glut of marriage books out there and not many are successful. Why don’t you work on something else?” This caused...
Systemic Racism Is Real: Here’s What You Can Do about It
Years ago, my husband and I spent many hours with close friends planning a racial reconciliation conference. My husband and I are white. Our friends are black. Throughout the process, we experienced a few fleeting moments of turbulence but overall, the conversations...