by Michelle C. Martin | Dec 5, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society
It’s tempting to see marital issues as diagnoses; but they may be symptoms of a larger problem. Diagnoses are tricky! We tend to jump there instead of looking at all the symptoms first. There’s a book we read during engagement called “Holy Sex”. It was...
by Michelle C. Martin | Nov 13, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society
Defensiveness is refusing to accept responsibility for one’s actions in a way that escalates the conflict. Last week we talked about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. (The first can be found...
by Michelle C. Martin | Nov 8, 2023 | Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society
Contempt is verbal abuse that indicates our partner is inferior to us. Earlier this week we talked about the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. This is the term for the four toxic behaviors that often lead to divorce. While criticism attacks our partner’s character,...
by Michelle C. Martin | Oct 18, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society
Focusing on your wedding is good, but planning a honeymoon is still important. In college, I heard in class couples are more likely to divorce if they do not go on a honeymoon. Now, I certainly do not believe that honeymoons are more important than weddings. I would...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jul 25, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Society
Commitment is a Weird Place, but it is OKAY: The commitment of engagement found me in a weird place. Once Joshua and I went from dating to engaged, I developed a strange feeling of disappointment. Not disappointment in my decision, and certainly not disappointment in...
