This is episode 37, and today I’m chatting with my husband Lee to answer listener questions! We talked about being special-needs parents in ministry, how we create predictable routines that work for everyone, when we find time to talk, advice for cultivating a thriving walk with Christ, and encouragement to those married to an…
Caregivers are always on, and while that’s necessary, it’s also exhausting. And often our marriages suffer. So today I want to offer a solution—we’re going to talk about setting a feeling-based goal for our marriages. Instead of the goals you may have set at the beginning of the year that were easy to track…
Lee and I sat in a therapist’s office a year ago and told our story. It was our first session and our first time to meet our therapist, Jane. “Whoa,” she said when we talked about James’s diagnosis, how we reacted to that news, and the years that have followed. “Not all marriages would…
I gives books as gifts for just about any occasion and giving books to new brides is fun because there’s so much to learn during the big transition from singleness to marriage! Here are six of my recommended books for new brides: (affiliate links included) Let Me Be a Woman by Elisabeth Elliot – A…
When I was growing up, my dad taught me a few lessons he said over and over again. The first was, “There’s more than one way to get anywhere.” Since I was good at pointing out to him, “This isn’t how you get there!” it was an important first lesson to learn. I’m still pretty good…
Lee has had conversations with different people in the last week, talking about their former pastors at our church and other churches. In two of the conversations, about two different former pastors, both people told Lee the pastors couldn’t preach well, but they sure did love their people well. Because of those conversations, Lee and…