happy valentine's day?
Valentine’s Day comes around every year. Our world goes to town celebrating romance. But is that the reality of our relationships?
More than a Feeling… but the Feeling Still Counts
Marriage is about love, but a love that has a much more full-bodied flavour than the saccharine version filling the songs and TV shows of popular culture.
A fairytale wedding
I love fairytales. Everything about the engagement and marriage of Charles and Diana was like watching a fairytale in real life. I was captivated by their relationship. How an “ordinary” girl could capture the heart of a prince. Everything about their engagement was so romantic and beautiful.
Marriage research in a pandemic
Has the pandemic been all bad news for couples? Recent research done in the UK and US has suggested that the pandemic has been a positive for many. Research into what makes marriages last the distance indicates the impact of having time together and the “little things every day”.
Covid-19 and marriage - part 1
We feel blessed to have had each other during this period of restricted social contact. For so many we know, social isolation has been just that – living alone, removed from the normal relational connections that encourage and nourish. Even so, being in close proximity to your spouse nearly all of the time can be a challenge for the best of marriages.
Covid-19 and marriage - part 2
In recent months we’ve had lots of conversations around what it’s safe to do and what we are going to eat and therefore what needs to be on the shopping list. But intimacy deepens when we share feelings, hopes, fears and the like. Next time you sit and have a coffee together or go on a walk try and have a deeper, more intentional conversation about the highs and lows of life since COVID began and share your feelings and thoughts with each other.
Covid-19 and marriage - part 3
In recent months we’ve had lots of conversations around what it’s safe to do and what we are going to eat and therefore what needs to be on the shopping list. But intimacy deepens when we share feelings, hopes, fears and the like. Next time you sit and have a coffee together or go on a walk try and have a deeper, more intentional conversation about the highs and lows of life since COVID began and share your feelings and thoughts with each other.
Building a Safe & Strong Marriage
Building a Safe & Strong Marriage is our Christian marriage enrichment course created to help couples in nurturing their marriage, across five easy sessions. The course gives couples a chance to stop and focus on their marriage and how to make it better.
