Marriage is a lonely place for those who make excuses. It becomes a place where we don’t feel safe or fully known. In fact, God doesn’t want us to live in relationships that are bad, abusive, or loveless; He wants to change those empty relationships to fulfilling ones. When a husband and wife become ...
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When I missed my regular blog dates in June, I made excuses ... to myself. As I'm sitting down to launch July, I'm already making excuses. I'm looking at being part of an amazing conference at the end of the month, and I need to finish my prep for 4 workshops I'm excited to present. I'm also a bit ...
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Today Jeff and I celebrate our 24th anniversary! It's great timing for a Marriage Monday post, especially since I'm wrapping up a month of listening to the Next Gen share their thoughts on a range of topics from womanhood to family to relationships and mentoring. I've loved hearing their hearts and ...
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It's getting harder to be a woman. Who should the next gen of women follow? Young women look for heroes in the crowd of well knowns like Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Paula Dean, and Claire Dunphy. It's not easy when famous women like Lady Gaga claim that “Some women choose to follow men, and ...
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I really want to know what the Next Gen thinks about femininity (say that fast 5 times). It's been a little over 50 years since Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique changed the conversation about being feminine. A lot has changed and is changing. How is the next gen of women thinking? In general, do ...
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