Insights and practical help to begin the work of building a great marriage.
Whether your marriage lacks intimacy, or your daily communication has whittled down to basic, logistical discussions, there’s help and hope for you here on the Build Your Marriage Blog. Marriage Authors and Couples’ Retreat Speakers Heidi and Brad Mitchell share their lessons learned — and the ones they’re still learning — after 40 years of marriage and a combined 35 years of pastoral experience. Learn about how you can start building a great marriage right now.
Do you know anyone whose life or marriage has been rocked by things that were done in secret—things that one spouse thought no one would ever find out about?
In two days people across the United States will be celebrating Thanksgiving. It’s a day when we stop, reflect, and give thanks to God for the blessings we enjoy that have come from his gracious hand.
A friend of ours named David used to have a one-on-one session with each of his three boys beginning when they were just preschoolers. Then he would ask them one question: “Is there anything that I need to ask your forgiveness for?”
In 2015 I (Brad) was with a team of 11 others from our church on a missions trip to the jungles of Guatemala. We went to work with Faith in Action Ministries founded and led by Michael and Rocky Beene.
Treasure. Pirates searched for it. Scavenger’s scour oceans for it. Bruno Mars sang about it. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote about it. Jesus taught about it.
Has your spouse ever assumed the worst of you? Have you ever assumed the worst of your spouse? Hardly a marriage escapes this happening at some point, but rarely do spouses choose to reverse the trend of negative assumptions and replace them with assuming the best.
If you don’t pray for your spouse, who will? We readily talk to our spouse and about our spouse to others. But we often miss the opportunity to effect the greatest impact by talking to God on their behalf.
Your marriage is under attack. Even when things are going well, when romance is high and communication is flowing, there is an assault being planned.