Dating & Relationships

{6} TWOgether: I Honor Him

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  There is nothing I love more than the afterglow of camp or a mission’s trip in a girl’s eyes. To get away from cell phones, TV, draining friends and Facebook is just what they need! (We do too for that matter!) Yet in the afterglow, I see the pull returning. I see the tug-of-war in my girl between being the radical Jesus-lover that she is and the girl who doesn’t miss what is going on. The pull was more than a gentle tug last night. Like the whipping of the Tilt-A-Whirl at Six Flags, the velocity at which the…

When Is The Right Time to Say I Love You?

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I’m so thrilled to share with you today the wisdom of one of my dearest friends, Joyce.  She is a woman of the word deeply committed to sharing the hope of Christ with others. As a pastor’s wife and mom of grown children, Joyce has a truly special perspective on a question faced by every young man and woman: When is the right time to say, “I love you”? As a result of walking through this life stage with her own children — two sons and a daughter — Joyce compiled these words of wisdom to offer them guidance and…

Learning to Walk in Grace

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In May 2009 my life changed. Yes, I just got married, but that seemed like a small change compared to what God was teaching me about grace. I returned from our honeymoon in Costa Rica very sick. Sicker than I had ever been before. At first we thought I had picked up a bug, but it quickly became evident that something more serious, something more permanent, had made itself at home in my body. My husband and I both had a sexual past. While we both had chosen renewed abstinence many years before meeting each other, our past entered our…

How to Avoid Heartbreak

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Last month I shared some thoughts about what to do when your heart breaks, so this month I thought we’d look at whether heartbreak inevitable. Do you have to experience heartbreak? Is there anything you can do to avoid heartbreak? Can you be friends after a heartbreak? What We Can Learn from the Movies about Heartbreak It seems that almost every romantic movie follows one of three plot lines: 1. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall for each other. They experience conflict, but 2. Boy or girl experiences heartbreak. 3. Boy and girl reconcile or meet someone else. 4. Boy…

5 Sex Lies We Buy and Regret

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Valentines is all about romance, right? And romance is ultimately about sex, yes? And when it comes to sex, isn’t it the more the better? I know God says I should be married first, but He doesn’t want me to miss out, does he? No, not necessarily, no, and definitely not. So, why does our world tell us differently? Let’s Explore 5 Common Lies About Sex Lie #1  Sex is best enjoyed during youth. I’ll miss out if I wait until I finally get married. Though promiscuity is common in young adult fiction books, movies and television shows, the sex…

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