By Pete Briscoe
December 11, 2019
The day I married my wife, I made some remarkable promises. She became my lawful wedded wife from that day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer
By Pete Briscoe
December 10, 2019
Rather than store relational hurts—one at a time—in order to avoid conflict, it’s better to address them as they happen.
Paul writes in his letter to Ephesus:
By Pete Briscoe
December 9, 2019
Surely we can’t avoid anger, but how can we avoid explosive arguments? For those of us who want to stop stuffing our hurts so we don’t have to carry them around
By Pete Briscoe
December 8, 2019
I have a message for all you fellow gunnysackers out there. You know who you are.
In marriage, you avoid saying what needs to be said. You stuff your hurts
By Pete Briscoe
December 7, 2019
If you’re in any relationship, you know what it means to be hurt by something that is said or done—or something that isn’t said or done.
By Pete Briscoe
December 6, 2019
My wife and I went to a marriage counselor a number of years ago to get some help. He came back with a stinging diagnosis: We were “pretenders.”
By Pete Briscoe
December 5, 2019
Have you ever noticed that 1 Corinthians 13 tells you two things about what love is: Love is patient, love is kind. (13:4a)
And it tells you five things regarding what love is not:
By Pete Briscoe
December 4, 2019
Does choosing to lose come naturally to us? No way! Most of us struggle. We love to win, and we go to great lengths to avoid second place.
By Pete Briscoe
December 3, 2019
If choosing to lose inside your marriage relationship makes you feel a little nervous—if second place isn’t natural for you—I have great news:
By Pete Briscoe
December 2, 2019
Dr. Kelly Flanagan, a clinical psychologist and writer, wrote a blogpost titled “Marriage Is for Losers.” In it, he wrote, “If marriage is going to work, it needs to become a contest