Marriage Partnership articles from March 2002

Marriage Partnership archives from March 2002

What phase are you in? (From The Editors).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
March 22, 2002... When I overheard the woman standing in line behind me refer to her and her husband as being in that, "You know, married with a two-and-a-half-year-old stage," my ears perked right up. As nosey as I normally am, I didn't tune in because I wanted...

Satisfying article. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
March 22, 2002... "What Every Woman Needs to Know About Sexual Satisfaction" [Winter 2001] was definitely a good article. Women need to hear these things from Christian authors; otherwise, we look elsewhere for answers and often feel guilty in the process. Thank...

Helpful holiday hints. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
March 22, 2002... "Holiday Negotiations" [Winter 2001] was just what I was looking for. I was having difficulty because I didn't want to visit my parents this year. My husband and I are working on our marriage, and my parents need to work on theirs. I always...

7 tips on flirting. (Couple minutes).
March 22, 2002... Just because you're married doesn't mean you can't flirt--with each other. Flirting is a flattering way to remind your beloved of your constant affection. Try these suggestions and get the fun started. 1. Write a love story about how you...

Welcome home. (Couples Devotional).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... The first time I looked into a mirror after I was wounded in Vietnam, I saw a monster. My face was covered with charred skin. My left eye seemed to bug out of its socket. The right half of my nose was gone, and my right eye was gray and lacked...

Can't get rid of your problems?(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Maybe it's time to stop trying. According to John Gottman, professor of family psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle, most of the things that you and your spouse are fighting about today will still cause blow-ups a decade from...

A model marriage.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Ever feel like you're being watched? According to the Barna Research team, you are. In one of their most encouraging studies over the last few years, they found that teenagers desire to get married and have just one spouse for their entire...

How to eat with chop sticks. (couple minutes).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... According to a National Restaurant Association's consumer study, Chinese, Thai, and Japanese foods are enjoying significant growths in popularity in America, If you've always wanted to dine Asian-style with confidence, learning to use chop...

Disagree deliberately. (couple minutes).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... In the heat of marital battles, keeping your coot seems nearly impossible. But choosing and using the proper tactics will influence the health of your relationship in the long run. When you don't agree, try these steps to resolution and...

MarriagePartnership.com surveys: during the past week, how many times have you and your spouse had sex?(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Here's what you said: None 36% 1 time: 23% 2 times: 16% 3 times: 10% 4 times: 4% 5 or more times: 7% This question was answered by 4,262 readers. Visit our new online poll....

Keeping a secret from your spouse?(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Nearly four out of ten married Americans admit to keeping a secret from their spouses, reports an August 2001 Reader's Digest study. And most of those secrets have nothing to do with affairs or fantasies. So what's worth keeping stifled? Price...

Always be mine.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Why esteem your sweetheart only once a year? Along with Valentine's Day (February 14), try adopting some of these significant celebrations and multiply the special times. Remember, be creative! April 28: Kiss-Your-Mate Day June 6-12:...

You said it! (couple minutes).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... He who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. Thomas Fuller No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. Charles Dickens Better to sit up all night than to go to bed with a dragon....

Pray without ceasing. (couple minutes).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Cherie Fuller reminds spouses in her book, When Couples Pray, that prayer invites God into a marriage, changing hearts and drawing us closer to him and each other. So, it's no wonder that couples that pray together stay together. To get you...

The power of a praying husband. (Between the Covers).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Her book, The Power of a Praying Wife, prompted many to ask Stormie O'Martian, "When are you going to write a sequel--for husbands?" Her most recent work, The Power of a Praying Husband, is her response. Her relationship with her husband,...

The key to great health. (couple minutes).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Want to stay consistent at exercising? Invite hubby's buds over and call your mother. According to a study done at Ohio State University, people tend to stick to an exercise program only if they have social support. The study found that of the...

Enjoy more java together. (couple minutes).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Love those coffee talks, but feel nervous about drinking more java? Don't think twice--grab a second mug. According to a recent study of female athletes from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia, drinking two cups...

Snapshot.(Brief Article)(Interview)
March 22, 2002... Mary Beth & Steven Curtis Chapman Musician Steven Curtis Chapman, and wife, Mary Beth, have faced many challenges in their seventeen-year marriage. Becoming the parents of three children and adjusting to a busy musician's schedule, the...

Communication 101.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Any couple will face barriers in communicating effectively. And overcoming these barriers is part of the challenge of marriage. To help get you started, take time to evaluate yourselves in these areas of communication. Afterward, lovingly...

Just as God fought to save his people, your marriage is also worth fighting for. (Soul To Soul).
March 22, 2002... Several years ago I met Pete in a men's Bible study. One day, in a moment of candor, Pete admitted that he struggled with pornography. !His wife, Jenny, had confronted him after discovering a stash of magazines. At first he dismissed her...

Handling the angry ex. (Work It Out).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Ken's side: I was trying to keep peace When I first met Lucky, I wasn't ready for another relationship. With a divorce only three years behind me, the thought of marriage left a knot in my stomach. But Lucky's zest for life and outgoing...

Do we fight too much? (Early Years).(marital bliss)
March 22, 2002... Q. When we were dating we had a fight every now and then, but that pales in comparison to what it's been like since we've been married. I know some couples who say they never fight and that makes me all the more nervous about my marriage. Does...

Touch me ~ not there! How to be sensual without necessarily being sexual.
March 22, 2002... ABOUT FIFTY YEARS AGO John Bowlby, author of Attachment, showed that we humans need something more than just food, water, oxygen, and physical shelter. He discovered that we could, as infants, receive all of those things and yet waste away...

United but still different.(couples)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... My roots are in a well-tended predictable garden. From the age of two, I lived in the same split-level ranch in the suburbs, attending the same schools until I left for college. As a "cradle Christian," I cut my teeth on a King James Bible and...

Romancing -- with kids? Yes, it's possible. How to plan a getaway that everyone will enjoy.
March 22, 2002... The response was universal, without exception. Every single person, from stranger to close friend, had the same exact question upon learning of our upcoming European trip: "Are you taking the kids?" "Yes, we're all going," I'd reply. The...

Beyond happily ever after: before we wrote our mission statement, we didn't realize how secular our goals were.
March 22, 2002... We thought we were going to a nice, quiet conference for church lay leaders. We would drive a few hours, sit through a few sermons and workshops, sing some songs, and come home. Little did we know that one concept presented at that conference...

Painless hospitality: how to open your home to others without driving your spouse crazy.
March 22, 2002... My husband, David, and I exemplify opposites attracting. He's laid-back, highly creative and artistic, and very quiet. I'm tense and intense, left-brain logical, and noisily gregarious. What can I say? Somehow it works. But when it comes...

How to be happy in an unhappy marriage.
March 22, 2002... After two failed marriages, Janice decided to try one more time for the relationship she dreamed of. Yet, just one year later, her marriage to Hank was crumbling. Defeated and confused, Janice cried out to God for some answers. "In that...

"We both had affairs" (Back from the brink: a real-life story of a marriage in recovery).
March 22, 2002... WE WERE THE "PERFECT" YOUNG couple by all outward appearances. Tony * and I met at college. We married in the late 1960s and had three children in the early 70s. We truly loved one another, had great Christian friends, and our lives revolved...

How to spend time together: everyone knows it's important, but so few do it.
March 22, 2002... Call me wacky, but I am convinced that any person with two reasonably healthy legs could run a marathon. Yes, I mean the 26.2-mile foot race. I didn't say everybody could win it--or even place in the top half of the field--but everybody could...

She can't get over 9/11. (Couple Counsel).
March 22, 2002... Q. My wife and I were scheduled to take a long-awaited vacation, but since the events of September 11 she has been too afraid to fly and we had to cancel our entire vacation. We'd been looking forward to it for over a year and now she let her...

Can we use sex videos? (Real Sex).
March 22, 2002... Q. Is the use of instructional sex videotapes and books--within marriage--the same as using pornography? My wife and I have seen ads for these types of videos and wondered if they would "spice up" our sex lives--neither of us are very creative...

MWM seeks MWF: what marriage might look like as a personal ad. (Viewpoint).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Once in awhile I scan the personals to see what singles are up to these days. The ads strike me as poignant attempts to describe oneself honestly while trying to snare the right partner. Thank goodness marrieds can move beyond all that. Or do...

A fresh look at Bible stories: in the Lineage of Grace series, Francine Rivers finds that the women of the Bible have much to teach modern women. (the page*turner's journal).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Ever since Francine Rivers rededicated her life to Jesus Christ, the Bible has been central to her life. In fact, when she first gave her life and her writing to God, she couldn't write at all. After she was born again she couldn't write a...

Readers to writers.(Interview)
March 22, 2002... Q A I enjoyed how Winter Passing and Blue Night are contemporary books with a lot of WWII history. Why did you choose to write them this way? It came from my own interest in history, especially the WWII era, and in how many unresolved....

The happy room.
March 22, 2002... The Happy Room Catherine Palmer) will be appreciated by anyone seeking to heal difficult family relationships. Three adult siblings are reunited when one of them is hospitalized with a life-threatening illness. As Julia and Peter face the...

Lineage of grace series.
March 22, 2002... The Lineage of Grace series (by Francine Rivers) is now complete with Unafraid, which focuses on Mary, the mother of Jesus. Francine's signature style provides a new appreciation of the familiar story. Other novellas in the series are:...

Out of the shadows.
March 22, 2002... Out of the Shadows (by Sigmund Brouwer) is now in softcover! In this blockbuster contemporary mystery, Nick Barrett is lured back to Charleston by a mysterious note to search for answers about why his mother abandoned him. Past secrets slowly...

Desecration.
March 22, 2002... Desecration (by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins) is the long-awaited next book in the Left Behind series. Nicolae Carpathia, now the total embodiment of evil, desecrates the temple in Jerusalem by entering and declaring himself God. This explosive...

Safely home.
March 22, 2002... Safely Home (by Randy Alcorn) is a soul-stirring story of two college friends who reconnect after 20 years. One is living life apart from God in comfortable corporate America while the other is living for Christ under intense persecution in...

Ribbon of years.
March 22, 2002... Ribbon of Years (by Robin Lee Hatcher) chronicles the story of Miriam, a woman committed to God despite her circumstances. From a headstrong teenager to a young woman in love and through each subsequent decade of her life, Miriam stands at the...

Blue night.
March 22, 2002... Blue Night (by Cindy McCormick Martinusen), the sequel to Winter Passing, is the epic story of a woman's search for her missing husband. A mysterious blue tile is a clue that takes her search back to World War II Austria. As poignant and moving...

The quest.
March 22, 2002... The Quest (by Jim and Terri Kraus) details the journey of young Jamison Pike as he leaves home and travels the world in search of the ultimate truth: the meaning of life. Though he finds fame and fortune through this writing and travels,...

An author speaks ... Catherine Palmer tells how and why she wrote The Happy Room.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... the Happy Room is the book of my heart--the book I was afraid to write. Though Francine Rivers kept encouraging me to write the story I felt so deeply, I knew it would be difficult. I wanted to write about what it was like to grow up on the...

Spotlight on Lisa Tawn Bergren. (Heartquest romance: romance the way it's meant to be).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Lisa Tawn Bergren is the author of two books for children, ten adult novels, and several novellas. Lisa is a veteran romance writer. She founded the Palisades line of romance books for Questar/Multnomah in 1994. In 1998 she received the...

New from heartquest: letters of the heart. (Heartquest romance: romance the way it's meant to be).
March 22, 2002... What says romance more than a handwritten letter from the one you love? In this latest HeartQuest anthology of historical romance, three novellas explore the words of love that hold two hearts together. Until the Shadows Flee by Lisa Tawn...

Dance of the Northern Lights. (Heartquest romance: romance the way it's meant to be).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... One of the most memorable research trips Lisa Bergren has taken in the last year was to Anchorage and Talkeetna, Alaska, last fall. Lisa thrilled to an especially glorious 2 A.M. showing of the aurora borealis above the Alaskan Range/ Mt....

Introducing new HeartQuest authors. (Heartquest romance: romance the way it's meant to be).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... The Letters of the Heart anthology introduces two new authors to HeartQuest besides Lisa Tawn Bergren. Maureen Pratt has written numerous plays for children and adults, as well as articles on business and writing that have appeared in...

An excerpt from the happy room.(fiction)
March 22, 2002... What says romance more than a Julia groped in her purse for a tissue. This was turning out horribly, just as she had feared. Peter couldn't keep his feelings under control, and Debbie was in terrible shape, and Julia wished she hadn't come to...

Thrillers in a new age.
March 22, 2002... Terrorism has been an ingredient in the thriller genre for a long time, but in light of recent events, authors and publishers have re-examined the responsibility of writing and publishing stories that echo current headlines in the news. Several...

Jane KirkPatrick (Kinship and Courage series, WaterBrook) is cleaning up after one of the Western lightning fires burned thousands of acres around their remote home.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... ... JANE KIRKPATRICK (Kinship and Courage series, WaterBrook) is cleaning up after one of the Western lightning fires burned thousands of acres around their remote home. Firefighters, a ring of irrigated green space, and the protective hands of...

Catherine Palmer recently took her whole family to the first reunion of her graduating class from Rift Valley Academy, the boarding school in Kenya she attended during her high school years while her parents served as missionaries.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... ... CATHERINE PALMER recently took her whole family to the first reunion of her graduating class from Rift Valley Academy, the boarding school in Kenya she attended during her high school years while her parents served as missionaries. The trip...

Lori Copeland and Angela Hunt won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for their book The Island of Heavenly Daze, first in the Heavenly Daze series (W Publishing).(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... LORI COPELAND and ANGELA HUNT won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for their book The Island of Heavenly Daze, first in the Heavenly Daze series (W Publishing). There are now three books in that series, with two more to come....

Best-sellers: the hottest titles in Christian fiction.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Hardback Books December 2001 1. Desecration Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale) 2. Unafraid Francine Rivers (Tyndale) 3. Unspoken Francine Rivers (Tyndale) 4. The Mitford Snowmen Jan Karon (Viking) 5. Hometown Legend...

Favorite fiction finds.(books)
March 22, 2002... If you're looking for a good book, check out these award-winning authors and books. BIBLICAL FICTION Francine Rivers: Lineage of Grace series: Unveiled; Unashamed; Unshaken; Unspoken; Unafraid (Tyndale) Walt Wangerin: Paul: A...