Two couples in our church have been married fifty years this fall, and we are having a celebration as well we should.
Category: marriage
hold the mayo and pass the monogamy
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.
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