conflict
Patterns of your parents
Written by Louis McBurney
“Yes, Mother!” Joe said sarcastically when Sally, his wife, asked him to pick up his dirty clothes from their bedroom floor.
“You’re just like my dad, interested only in your game on TV!” Paula muttered to Ron when he ignored her third call to dinner.
His, hers or ours?
Written by Crown Financial Ministries
In a marriage, there is no “my money” and “your money” or “my debts” and “your debts.” There is only our money and our debts.
A couple cannot be one if they separate their lives by separating their finances.
Reconciling budget differences
Written by Lynne Thompson
Scott and Tiffany* married at age 23. Scott had just graduated with his Bachelor’s degree and started graduate school, while Tiffany worked full time at an insurance office.
Six surefire ways to win an argument . . . and harm your marriage
Written by Teresa Turner Vining
Wham! The front door slammed behind me with satisfying volume. That would teach him! He had to be the most insensitive husband in the whole universe. I absolutely won’t listen to his unreasonableness one more minute.
Read more: Six surefire ways to win an argument . . . and harm your marriage
Healing the wounds of emotional abuse
Written by Mary J. Yerkes
“There comes a critical time in each person’s life when the truth is accessible. Faced with it, you can either run and hide, denying it, or you can face your truth, accept it, and grow stronger,” wrote Gregory Jantz in Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse1.
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