RELATIONSHIPS
Singleness – not spoken about enough but for many people a struggle or challenge and for others something to celebrate
i kissed dating: the parts – some thoughts about dating
40 Tips to help you improve your Marriage – some big, some small and all just ideas that may or may not work for you
How to save a marriage [before you need to] – i asked some married friends to share some ideas on what makes marriage work…
How to love your husband/wife better – the parts – a series looking at some different ways you can love your person well
What my Single Friends would like their Married Friends to know: Meet Craig Botha
This is Craig's adaptation of someone else's comments: Ten Things Your Single Friends (like me) Are Tired Of Hearing 1) “You’ll find it when you aren’t looking!” This is typically where your advice starts. ”It’ll [...]
Marriage Year 2: Meet Steven and Megan Cottam
The thing that we have been most struck by in our second year of marriage is the joy and importance of being united in common work, even at those times when we work separately. When [...]
Marriage Year 2: Meet Sally and Benjamin Shannon
Benjamin and I got married on 31 March 2012. If I have to pick one thing that I have learnt since then... The gift of not needing everything to be perfect right this moment. I am (to [...]
Marriage Year 1: Meet Kerstin and Carl
What we learned in our first year of marriage. We haven't been married for a full year yet, our wedding was on the 06 April 2013. But we have learned so much already. I must confess [...]
Marriage through the years… part Intro
there is no blueprint for marriage. because every marriage is made up of two different people and so it will never look the same. but that doesn't mean we can't learn from each other. we [...]
Parents of Facebook: Save some for yourselves [part II]
the other day i posted this status on Facebook which i tried to clarify a little better in Part I of this post: Parents of young children... while i LOVE reading so many of the [...]
Top posts of 2013
2013 has been a good blogging year. Moving from the completely packed schedule and lifestyle of working with The Simple Way in Philly to working a 30 hour work week with Common Change in Oakland [...]
Taboo Topics: Sex Before Marriage – Meet Jamie Wright [aka The Very Worst Missionary] part I
aka Jamie the very worst missionary's position on sex [part I] My youngest son is about to turn 13, so for the next 9 months, until my oldest turns 20 (holy ape balls!), I will be [...]
Taboo Topics: Sex Before Marriage [Intro]
I remember the first article I was invited to write for Truth magazine back in the day had the title, "How far is too far?" so I wrote, "Belgium. Belgium is too far!" and then [...]
Saturday Round Up: The week that was: Episode 8:of Jack Bauer & the return of the Bluths, petrol pump kareoke couple, picking up your Bible & passing it on.
Another week, another ‘The Weekly Mash [and Peace!] – see what’s been happening this week on The Weekly Mash [and Peace!]: Monday showed the Kareoke gas pump clip you probly already saw before it arrived [...]
The Invisible Woman [a follow-up to Candi Fourie’s ‘Parents of young children’ post]
so more than 1000 people have viewed the post my friend Candi graciously shared with me about being a parent of small children when it doesn't necessarily go well or feel good all of the [...]
Saturday Round Up: The week that was: Episode 7: of harmless chess pieces, cicadas, forgiveness poison and the importance of Together
Another week, another 'The Weekly Mash [and Peace!] - see what's been happening this week on the other side of my blog garage... Monday saw some Buttersafe cartoonage depicting the ridiculousness of chess pieces and [...]