My name is Sarah and my husband Keith and I are delighted to launch our Building a Safe & Strong Marriage Course.
Keith and I have been married for thirty-seven years and we wish that a course like this had been available to us in our early years of marriage. It is our hope and prayer that Building a Safe & Strong Marriage will help many other couples not fall into some of the unhelpful patterns of relating that we did.
This course is based on marriage enrichment courses we have run for over fifteen years. The content has developed over time in response to feedback and new insights.
In the course, we draw upon wisdom from two sources – the Bible and research into marriage. We have found a remarkable similarity between the two. Much of what the research affirms about healthy and happy marriages is consistent with the principles outlined in the Bible. We believe that this course will benefit any marriage, even if you don’t share our faith commitment.
We have developed this resource as we believe that strong, healthy marriages leave a wonderful legacy, benefiting children, church communities and the wider society.
In the last few weeks, as I’ve chatted with a number of women, I’ve seen how adept they are at juggling and pivoting. But we have many balls to juggle in life. Our plans go awry, and those balls just start tumbling. And this is when we feel the weariness and stress and think, ‘I can’t keep doing this.’
The question for us as pastoral carers is whether Jesus saw any other significance in laying down his life for the sheep. And consequently, is there a type of sacrifice which Jesus calls his followers in pastoral care to make?
The God of all grace is not remote and he doesn’t simply delegate to others. He is willing, so to speak, to get his hands dirty.
This was a moment of grace, during an ordinary routine, given to me by our creator God. Pumpkins had given me a new song to sing.
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