Tag: dating

Words of Affirmation: Bringing Life and Love to Your Husband, Wife, and Kids

The voices everywhere around us are powerful . . . and mostly negative. When was the last time advertising told a wife, mother, or single woman that, “You’re enough” or “You have a full, rich, meaningful life” or “You’re beautiful just the way you are”? . . . almost never! And, those voices aren’t just…
Find Forgiveness, Restore Your Marriage, Enjoy Your Relationship – Faithful Life Podcast, New Episode!

Lisa really offended me in front of our kids ten days ago – true story – and we had to work it out. I hurt Lisa’s feelings deeply yesterday morning – true story – and we had to work it out. Lisa and I don’t walk on water. We have a fantastic marriage but we…
How To Get Your Spouse to Change . . . the Right Way!

When you were dating and he ate salad with his hands, you thought it was cute. When you saw clothes strewn on the floor in his apartment, you told yourself a life of love is about a whole lot more than a few dirty clothes . . . and, were you ever correct?! It’s about…
Faithful Life Podcast – Matt and Lisa’s Almost Disastrous 6 Day Love Story

In beginning the Faithful Life Podcast journey (link to first episode, below!) Lisa and I thought it would be fun to share with you how we met (and how Lisa almost wrecked the whole thing! Okay, Lisa says it was my fault 🙂 ) and how you can think you understand the other person but…
Why Your Wife Will Never Accept a Substitute for Your Heart

He was a workaholic and a sportsaholic when he wasn’t working. She waited. And then there was his beloved restoration project of that ‘65 Mustang. She smiled. “It looks nice” she would say . . . as she waited. Months went by of leaving home early, working late, and then working hard on that golf swing on…
Why I Continue to Date My Girlfriend, Even Though I’m Married.

We live in a world where clerks in virtually any store upon meeting you for the first time will talk to you like you’ve been close friends for about thirty years. Like the other day at the bank. I don’t normally go to this branch but it was convenient and I needed to do a…
Why Christian Kids Should Save Kissing (and other things) for Marriage.

Get a group of Christian teens together and sooner or later the subject of all things physical prior to marriage is going to surface . . . What should you tell them? “How far should we go?” or “Is kissing okay?” Here’s what’s not okay when it comes to the subject of premarital anything: Parents…
Always a Woman: What Every Man Should Never Forget About His Wife

It’s 10pm on a Friday night. I look across the room at her, my beautiful Bride, walking down the hall from the laundry room – her hands tired from 21 years of vacuuming and laundry; her body, a little tired from birthing and trying to keep up with eight kids 7 – 20; her…
Why Smart Husbands Defend “Date Night” Against All Intruders

When it comes to romance, being spontaneous is great . . . Hey Babe, let’s go grab a bite to eat at . . . . . Let’s jump in the car and visit . . . . . How about we . . ? But the planned, thoughtful evening out where all the details…
Romance: Dangerous Territory for Men . . . But, We Can Learn from you with a little help

For many husbands, a conversation about romance is like being in a foreign country and trying to ask someone on the street where the nearest bathroom is. It’s embarrassing and awkward. But maybe your husband writes love poems to you like this? She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And…