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From the beginning of your marriage, it is important that you and your spouse are always honest with each other. Seemingly little untruths or hidden secrets can destroy your marriage very quickly. As you and your spouse walk together down the road of marriage, you must be totally truthful about everything from finances to daily [...]
I don’t question if the same problems persist, in Christian marriages when the same income gaps persist – I believe they do. Are the strains the same and the divides as wide in Christian marriages? Again, I say, they probably are. In my non-scientific opinion, Christians are just as divided as non-Christians by money issues, specifically when one earns more than the other.
Today is the last day of our three day look at the Big Three: Finances, Intimacy & Communication.
Similar to the other two of the Big Three, communication is such a large area that there are so many directions to consider. One area of particular interest is how communication is like a bridge [...]
Yesterday we shared the first of our 3 day series on the “Big Three” areas of challenge in relationships. The whole idea of financial infidelity that we talked about yesterday is that it drives couples apart. Today, in Part 2, we look at becoming, being and remaining intimate.
The idea of intimacy entails [...]
Late last night we put up a post on financial cheating. It is generating quite a conversation. So sharing this video as well.
It is often said that the emotional strains of financial infidelity, cut deeper than what we typically would call “infidelity”. In other words finding out that your spouse is hiding purchases, not being honest about how much money they make or not being forth right about some aspect of financial dealings, is worse than finding out they are in a relationship with another person. That’s a pretty strong reality, because it is believed that financial infidelity or financial unfaithfulness is thought to occur in between 70 – 80% of all marriages.
This week if for no other reason than the date on the calendar, is a time of giving thanks. But if you are anything like me, then you sometimes really need a day, a time, a moment to slow down from the “busyness of life” to remember what there is to be thankful for. Not [...]
Last week we started looking at how we communicate in our marriage. In today’s post, let’s look again at communication from a very specific and sometimes “sticky” subject – money.
Who handles the money in your relationship?
Does he do it, she do it, or do you and your spouse manage the money [...]
This week I want to focus on COMMUNICATION. So look for a series of posts that I pray will be insightful and thought provoking. To kick it off, I have to go to one of my favorite biblical marriages on the subject of communication. This couple and how they communicated is always a core of [...]
