Monogamy has never been “natural” anyway; it’s just been necessary. It's a discipline that keeps our demons at bay. But marriage is more than that. It is an office, not an instinct.
Category: marriage
naked and not ashamed
Being naked and not ashamed is more than a description. It's a blessing as well.
marriage as a cross cultural experience
We bring you here tonight to encourage you and bless you, but none of us pretends to understand women and their ways. Some of us are more thoughtful observers, and some of us have more experience. But all that observing and experiencing leads to only one clear and compelling conclusion, and that is we are often clueless.
happy anniversary to us
Tomorrow is our 36th anniversary. We stood together under a gazebo at Signal Point, a little park overlooking a bend in the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, and promised to love each other until death did us part. I was happy to be married, although it was not nearly as easy as I had hoped. The… Continue reading happy anniversary to us
a wedding homily
The comfortable routines of our lives together are not only comforting but enabling. Walking together, drinking coffee, singing in the car. You will find the reassurance of the ordinary a healthy antidote to the uncertainty of the unknown. It creates safe spaces for managing conflict and finding rest.
the daysman 