Marriage

• • 5 commitments for a good marriage
  • Hope for hurting marriages
  • Changing the way we think about marriage
  • Hope for Better Marriage
  • Troubled marriages in the Church — how to respond
  • A Closer look at forgiveness
  • Ministry to marriages in crisis (and to those affected)
  • Answering the first question about marriage
  • One requirement for who God wants you to marry

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• • Position statement on Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage

* For those facing divorce, I recommend “When the Vow Breaks: A Survival and Recovery Guide for Christians Facing Divorce.” 

Deeper Reflection: 

“Often we speak about love as if it is a feeling. But if we wait for a feeling of love before loving, we may never learn to love well. The feeling of love is beautiful and life-giving, but our loving cannot be based in that feeling. To love is to think, speak, and act according to the spiritual knowledge that we are infinitely loved by God and called to make that love visible in this world. Mostly we know what the loving thing to do is. When we ‘do’ love, even if others are not able to respond with love, we will discover that our feelings catch up with our acts” (Nouwen).

• • What if I don’t feel love for my spouse?
  • How can we know what love is?
  • A life transformed by love