Marriage Partnership articles from September 2001

Marriage Partnership archives from September 2001

God's Boot Camp.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... When Karen and I argued, I used to shut down and become agitated (which turned out not to be an effective conflict resolution method. Just ask Karen). I had somehow gotten the impression that having a good "Christian" marriage meant that...

LETTERS.
September 22, 2001... Affair Article I would like to see more open and candid articles like "Why Affairs Happen" [Summer 2001]. We need to be honest I and real. I find it very distressing that a "Christians" are just as likely to have affairs as...

5 Things Your Husband Wants You to Know.(book excerpts)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... 1. I want to please you sexually. It's humiliating for men to ask for directions, so help us by giving us a road map for sex. 2. I need you, but I need others, too. When guys want to know what to do, not how to feel, they turn to male...

You Say It's Her Birthday?(dining out on those special occasions)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Then consider treating her to her favorite meal--at home. According to a study by the National Restaurant Association, 30 percent of married people reported dining out on their spouse's birthday. And men were more likely to eat out on their...

MarriagePartnership.com.(eating out together)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... How many times did you eat out together last week? Here's what you said: Not at all: 25% 1-3 times : 51% 4-6 times : 8% 7-10 times: 2% More than 10 times: 2% This question was answered by 835 readers. ...

Socialize to Survive.(take care of your partner stress)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Need another reason to go to coffee with your hubby? Being social may add years to his life. Men, research shows, are more likely to develop certain stress-related disorders, and die, on the average, seven years before women. Why? Laura...

Whom Did You Marry?(book excerpts)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... In our little apartment in St. Louis, Thanne went to bed at precisely nine o'clock every night. No matter the difference of the days, some harder and some easier. No matter the marvelous conversations she cut short to get her sleep. And she...

6 Big Mistakes Couples Make.(relationships)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... 1. Avoiding conflict. This requires repression, which leads to depression of feelings. A passionate partnership requires conflict, not terminal niceness or withdrawal. 2. Avoiding each other. Occasional withdrawal is healthy. Habitual...

Run for More Sex.(physical exercise)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Eager to get your husband exercising more? Just lace on his sneakers and tell him exercise will keep him virile. A study conducted by the New England Research Institutes found that moderate to vigorous physical activity may reduce the risk of...

Marriage Trends.(statistics, humor)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... How Old Were You? Average age at marriage Year Female Male 1890 22.0 26.1 1910 21.6 25.8 1970 20.3 22.8 1950 20.3 22.8 1970 20.8 23.2 1990 23.9 26.1 --U.S. Department of...

The Five Love Needs of Men & Women.(book; interview with authors)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 22, 2001... Dr. Gary and Barb Rosberg Do you know what your spouse's needs are? Until you discover these, you may have a hard time helping to meet them. Based on the results of a national survey on couples' needs, Barb and Gary Rosberg, in their...

How to Make--and Take--a Great Toast.(toasts for social occasions)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Want to make your special event memorable? Whether you're throwing her a surprise birthday party, attending his job banquet, or celebrating those milestone marriage years, making a toast--or accepting one well--can make all the difference at...

Is Romance Becoming Routine?(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Try putting some spin on it. With a little creativity and advance planning, you can turn your old favorites into your new ones. Here are a few ideas to get you going. 1. Instead of dinner and a movie, buy tickets to a concert or a play...

Back from the Brink?(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... For some, it's infidelity. For others, it's addictions. Still others just drift apart. Every day we hear about marriages on the rocks, couples who think the only option left is divorce court. But we know that God works miracles in...

For Better and For ...(how a couple dealt with spouse's illness)
September 22, 2001... What my ordeal taught me about my marriage On May 27, 1978, my husband Brad and I said our wedding vows, promising to stay together through sickness and health, for better or worse. As a young college couple we never seriously considered...

You're Not Hearing Me!(communication problems within a couple)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Chris's Side: Say what you think. Carrie and I acquired very different communication styles from our families. I grew up in a home where we said exactly what was on our minds. When something was bothering us, we confronted the...

Must I Take Him Back?(dealing with adultery and sexual addiction within a marriage)
September 22, 2001... Q. My husband is having an affair with a co-worker. After three months I told him he could leave, as he said he was going to do. However, now he told me he wants to stay and that he loves me and the children. What should I do? We are both...

CONQUER Clutter.(housekeeping)
September 22, 2001... Get rid of the junk and make room for your marriage Which character more resembles you? A) Martha Stewart, weaving her own carpets from dryer lint, then dyeing them with berries grown in a greenhouse she built using discarded...

Are You in the Mood?(improving sexual relations)
September 22, 2001... Here's what husbands and wives need to know about each other's sexual wiring "Gary makes me feel like I'm something he uses just to satisfy himself," Sue, a patient, once told me. "It seems like thirty seconds after he reaches for me...

ONE CHECKBOOK OR TWO?(finance)
September 22, 2001... Strategies for tracking and managing your money Two years ago, our family of seven made our eleventh military move in thirteen years. Near our new home in New Mexico, my husband, Bob, was starting his training in the, snazziest jet on the...

The Grad School SURVIVAL PROGRAM.
September 22, 2001... How to send your spouse off to school without letting go of your marriage AFTER TWO YEARS OF MARRIAGE (and five years out of college), my husband started law school full-time. We had heard horror stories of how marriages are ruined when...

The Joy of Cooking ... Together.
September 22, 2001... WHAT TO DO IF ONE COOK TOO MANY IS SPOILING YOUR BROTH--AND YOU'RE MARRIED TO HIM I'M SAUTEING ONIONS for a New Year's Eve paella when I spy a pound of jewel-like shrimp rolling around in boiling water on the next burner. I gaze...

Home Stylish Home.
September 22, 2001... Decorate--together--to create a place you'll both love to be i HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE. I've made some big decorating mistakes in my marriage. One of the first happened when I had a garage sale while we were still newlyweds. Unbeknownst...

`My Marriage Was Over'.(personal narrative on the breakdown in relations)
September 22, 2001... AS WE SAT TOGETHER at a marriage seminar, I remember thinking how funny it was that the seminar was called "Marriage for a Lifetime." My marriage was over. I believed it with every ounce of my soul. However, my husband was encouraged that I...

SUCCEEDING at Second Marriage.
September 22, 2001... Remarriages are more complicated and at-risk than first marriages. Here's what you need to know to make it work Couples entering a second marriage are often seen as lugging too much baggage to make a success of their next go-round. This...

the page*turner's journal lessons and stories.(Robin Lee Hatcher talks about her book)(Interview)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... The questions and lessons from Robin Lee Hatcher's life are a fertile source for the stories she weaves. robin Lee Hatcher says that her latest book, Ribbon of Years, will probably rank as one of her personal favorites because it is a...

Answer readers' questions.(Brief Article)(Column)
September 22, 2001... One of the things I like most about your books is that they make me feel good. But sometimes I wonder if I am making the best use of my time, reading romance and other novels, Since you take even more time to write novels than l do to read...

Desecration.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Desecration (by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins) is the eagerly-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...

Safely Home.(Review)
September 22, 2001... 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...

Unspoken.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Unspoken (by Francine Rivers), fourth in the Lineage of Grace series, is the compelling story of Bathsheba and David. The familiar biblical account will unfold in a whole new way as it's told through the eyes of Bathsheba. The contemporary...

Ribbon of Years.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Ribbon of Years (by Robin Lee Hatcher) chronicles the story of Miriam, a woman committed to God despite her circumstances. From being a headstrong teenager to becoming a young woman in love, and through each subsequent decade of her life,...

Child of Grace.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Child of Grace Lori Copeland)is a women's fiction novel by a beloved and best-selling author. E.J. has built a successful career for herself in the cosmetics industry but is struggling with an unwanted pregnancy and traumatic memories. runs...

Blue Night.(Review)
September 22, 2001... 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...

A Dangerous Silence.(Review)
September 22, 2001... A Dangerous Silence (by Catherine Palmer) is set in Cowley County, Kansas, where Dr. Marah Morgan returns to run the family farm for her injured and difficult father. When government agents arrive and begin searching the farm for an Indian...

Out of the Shadows.(Review)
September 22, 2001... Out of the Shadows (by Sigmund Brouwer) Nick Barret is drawn home to Charleston by a mysterious note about the mother who abandoned him. Past secrets emerge to meet present danger. Along the way, Nick comes face-to-face with the God he has...

an author speaks.(Randy Alcorn )(Interview)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Randy Alcorn explains why writing Safely Home was a special challenge. On my computer is the verse "Apart from me you can do nothing" (John 15:5). I was never more keenly aware of this truth than when I sat down to write Safely Home. My...

Spotlight on Ginny Aiken.(author)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... HeartQuest author Ginny Aiken doesn't always know where her book ideas come from, but she does know what sparked the Bellamy's Blossoms series. "After a long-distance marathon gabfest with my sister, Lou, I wondered what life would be like if...

Newest in the Bellamy's Blossoms series.(children's book)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... The final book in the Bellamy's Blossom series is out! In Camellia the youngest of the three Southern belles clashes with the handsome new doctor in town. Independent Camellia learns to rely on God's strength rather than her own capabilities.

Happy Birthday, Angela!(first book by Angela Benson receives accolades)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Angela Benson learned that Awakening Mercy, the first book in her Genesis House series, was named as a finalist for three prestigious awards: the Romance Writers of America (RWA) Rita Award, a Christy Award and the Gold Pen Award by the...

Check out HeartQuest.com and join the community!(web site)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... HeartQuest.com is more than an informational Web site--it's also a community of women who love reading HeartQuest romance and share in each other's lives. Not only can you keep abreast of all the latest books and news of the authors, you can...

Ribbon of years.(fiction)(Fiction)
September 22, 2001... the train depot in Boise hummed with activity. Most of the men--like Del--were in uniform. Most of the women--like Miriam--were fighting tears. The moment of Del's departure had arrived, the weeklong leave disappearing like vapor above a...

What Makes a Romance ... & What Doesn't?(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... Though many people dub all fiction dealing with women's issues "romance," publishers retain a clear distinction between romance novels and the growing genre called "women's fiction." What's the difference? "In a romance, the story...

Hometown Legend.(by author Jerry B Jenkins)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... ... JERRY B. JENKINS had fun between the last two Left Behind series deadlines and wrote a novel called Hometown Legend, based on a screenplay by Shawn Hoffman and Michael Patwin. The book is scheduled to release in September from Warner...

A Time to Dance.(book by Karen Kingsbury)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... ... KAREN KINGSBURY and her husband adopted two six-year-old boys from Haiti, making a total of five children in their household. They returned from Haiti with their new sons just in time for Karen's newest release, A Time to Dance (Word...

When the Last Leaf Falls.(by Bill Myers)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... ... BILL MYERS' recent novella When the Last Leaf Falls (Zondervan) is a very personal story. It's about a pastor watching his daughter teeter on the edge of death, and Bill wrote some of it on his laptop as he sat beside his own dying...

Best-sellers.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... the hottest titles in Christian fiction Hardback Books * June 2001 1. A Common Life Jan Karon (Viking) 2. Unshaken Francine Rivers (Tyndale) 3. Times and Seasons Beverly LaHaye & Terri Blackstock (Zondervan) 4....

Christy Award Finalists.(books)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... CONTEMPORARY T. Davis Bunn: The Book of Hours (Thomas Nelson) Liz Curtis Higgs: Bookends (Multnomah) Philip Gulley: Home to Harmony (Multnomah) Robert Whitlow: The Trial (Word) FUTURISTIC Bill Myers: Eli (Zondervan)...

What's He Thinking?(personal relations)
September 22, 2001... Q. When we were dating, we could finish each other's sentences. But now that we are married, I feel like I don't even know what is going on in his head most of the time. We're having a really hard time understanding each other. What happened?...

My Husband Doesn't Ejaculate.(questions about sex)
September 22, 2001... Q. My husband does not have a problem getting an erection, nor does he lack desire to have sex, but he almost never ejaculates. Is it possible for a man to feel satisfied by intercourse even though he does not ejaculate? I know he used to be...

Mad About Racing You.(games and relations)
September 22, 2001... Doing something you both love is what's important--not how silly it seems to others Now don't tell them I told you this, but my husband, Steve, and I have some pretty strange friends. With hobbies ranging from kite flying to candle...