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Why Have Kids?

“Why have kids?” That’s a question couples are increasingly prone to ask.

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Kids Can Be Good for Marriage, Really

Yes, having children will change your marriage, but you can trust that God designed your marriage to grow and deepen through that change.

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Infertility Causes and Treatments

There is no ‘typical’ infertility patient, and the causes of infertility vary widely.

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Getting On the Same Page About Kids

Do you and your spouse have different beliefs about starting your family – about when to get started or whether to have children at all?

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Intimacy Requires Vulnerability

For emotional intimacy to grow, each partner must be willing to meet the other’s deepest needs and protect the other’s greatest vulnerability.

What Is ‘Normal’ Sexual Desire?

Every couple has a unique sexual relationship. Accept yours for what it is and enjoy working toward wholeness as a couple. You can have a very fulfilling sex life even though you may not be functioning like the average married couple.

Sex Does Not Define Your Marriage

Friendship, seasoned love, and shared history are often enough to maintain a marriage in which sex is no longer possible.

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Dealing With Physical Distance in Marriage

When we marry, few of us picture spending extended amounts of time away from our mate. Then reality sets in.

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Absorbing the Initial Shock of Temporary Separation

You need to confront the what-ifs and how-tos before the separation to lessen the worry.

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Hope For Marriage After Infidelity (Part 1 of 2)

On this first day of a two-day broadcast, Gary and Mona Shriver share with Dr. Bill Maier and Dr. Julianna Slattery how they found healing and restoration after an affair, a journey chronicled in their book, Unfaithful: Rebuilding Trust After Infidelity.

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Hope For Marriage After Infidelity (Part 2 of 2)

On this second day of a two-day broadcast, Gary and Mona Shriver share with Dr. Bill Maier and Dr. Julianna Slattery how they found healing and restoration after an affair, a journey chronicled in their book, Unfaithful: Rebuilding Trust After Infidelity.

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Building a Pure Marriage

God has a beautiful plan for every married couple, even those of us who have suffered losses.

Devotional: Time and Money

As with everything in our lives, our ability to live in the fullness that God has for us has all to do with our focus.

Managing Temptation

Within marriage, barriers must also be erected to protect the “garden of marital bliss” that you are trying hard to build.

My Spouse Has An Addiction

Help! My husband is addicted to video games, playing for hours on end while neglecting our family.

Dr. Bill Maier on Romance

Dr. Bill Maier addresses the issue of romance in marriage.

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Communicating About Budgets

The number one reason for couples to develop a spending plan — a budget — is to reduce conflict in their marriage.

Devotional: Unexpected Challenges

We so long to find or to create certainty in our lives. There is but one certainty in life, and that is the presence of our loving God.

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My Spouse Is Abusive

My husband is verbally and physically abusive. What do I do?

Created for Connection

Human beings have an innate desire to connect, to experience dynamic relationships with one another.