Definition: "Trust, within the context of a marital relationship, refers to the unwavering belief in a spouse's honesty, integrity, reliability, and loyalty, nurtured through open communication and consistent actions over time."
Recently I was talking with someone about Christianity. She had grown up in a legalistic church environment where one must perform certain actions, dress a certain way, fit a certain mold, speak using specific terms in order to be considered “saved”. In Christianity, we have
Resentment is a dangerous feeling. I see it in marriages nearly every day. A spouse has done something years ago, and it was never dealt with, or never adequately resolved. Perhaps there was no apology, or maybe no forgiveness given. Either way, resentment grows. There
This week I received a question, as I often do, through our Have A Question page. However, this time the one asking asked not to share the whole question as she didn’t want anyone to guess the identities of the people in question. So, I’m
Back in November, I was sent a copy of the book 25 questions you’re afraid to ask about love, sex and intimacy by Dr Juli Slattery to review. If you recall (for those who have been around for a while), I reviewed her last book,
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I was talking with someone the other day and issue of dealing with broken trust came up. Now, they weren’t talking about marriage, but I think our conversation had some points that can definitely be applied to marriage. After all, marriages often have broken trust. Lies,
I was talking with someone yesterday about some difficulties they were having with sex, and I asked if they minded if I wrote a post on the topic. After thinking about it, I realized the issue we were discussing went far beyond just their specific
I’ve been getting a lot of requests for information on bondage play. Sadly, this is probably in partially due to the whole 50 Shades of Grey phenomenon, but there are some couples who are genuinely interested, without that influence. So, I thought I would write
A couple of weeks ago, we ran our survey titled Survey on Christians and the prevalence of home videos and pictures of the naked variety. I know, catchy title, eh? I guess I wasn’t feeling very creative that day. It was based on some questions
We’ve been talking a bit about pornography, movies with erotic content and such in them lately, and this has spawned a lot of people to ask questions about whether or not it’s okay to take home videos and/or pictures of your spouse for your enjoyment
I received this question during one of our surveys: Where can one find a good christian resource for toys that encourage safe toys since most or a great many sex toys have toxic substances in them. Most resources that I have been able to find