marriage

Five Lessons from 48 Valentines Together

Five Lessons from 48 Valentines Together

This year my husband Greg and I celebrate our 48th Valentine’s Day as a married couple. After being married that long, you realize that neither you nor your husband are the same people you were initially. For a marriage to grow strong and healthy, each person has to change to meet the other’s needs. Doing this is not easy, but here are five lessons that have helped me over the better part of the past five decades:

A Conservatism without Marriage & Family Is No Conservatism at All

A Conservatism without Marriage & Family Is No Conservatism at All

Any political vision that treats marriage and family as optional or fungible, even if it goes by the label “conservative,” is destined to fail. This isn’t a matter of updating our definitions. If we lose our belief in marriage and the family as the foundation of a healthy and flourishing society, there will soon be very little left for “conservatives” to conserve.

Religious Marriages Less Likely to End in Divorce, Study Suggests

Religious Marriages Less Likely to End in Divorce, Study Suggests

A new study found that religious marriages are less likely to end in divorce because religion tends to discourage cohabitation, a known risk factor for divorce.

Justin, Hailey Bieber Reveal That Their Marriage Almost Fell Apart in the First Year

Justin, Hailey Bieber Reveal That Their Marriage Almost Fell Apart in the First Year

Pop singer and professing Christian Justin Bieber and his wife, supermodel Haley Bieber, recently revealed on a podcast that they almost ended their marriage its first year.

Less Than Half of Americans Believe Society Is 'Better Off' with More Marriages, Survey Shows

Less Than Half of Americans Believe Society Is 'Better Off' with More Marriages, Survey Shows

According to a new survey, the number of Americans who believe that high numbers of marriages contribute to the bettering of society has dropped.

Chip and Joanna Gaines on 18 Years of Marriage: Divorce Was Never an Option, 'We're in it Forever'

Chip and Joanna Gaines on 18 Years of Marriage: Divorce Was Never an Option, 'We're in it Forever'

In a recent interview, Chip Gaines shared that despite facing "trials and errors" in their relationship, he and his wife, Joanna, never considered divorce as an option.

Arkansas Couple Celebrates 70 Years of Marriage, Credits God for Their Strong Relationship

Arkansas Couple Celebrates 70 Years of Marriage, Credits God for Their Strong Relationship

An Arkansas couple just celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. When asked what the key to having a long-lasting marriage was, the pair credited forgiveness and their faith in God.

McLaughlin Reminds Us a Woman's Highest Calling Is Following Jesus

McLaughlin Reminds Us a Woman's Highest Calling Is Following Jesus

During her talk at the Wilberforce Weekend, author Rebecca McLaughlin asserted that a woman's highest calling is not getting married and having children but following Jesus.

How to Strengthen Our Marriages and Our Witness

How to Strengthen Our Marriages and Our Witness

My wife often reminds those she teaches that a strong marriage is the best example we have of the kind of relationship God wants us to have with him. His word likens the union of husband and wife to the union of “Christ and the church” (Ephesians 5:32).