My spouse loves his freedom during our trial separation. How can I get it back now?
If you ask your estranged husband how he is feeling during your separation, you often expect phrases like “lonely,” “depressed,” or “confused.” So when you get a response like “released”, it doesn’t just hurt, it’s also very confusing. It can make you wonder if your marriage can be saved...
How self-deception can destroy relationships
We all do it to some degree and to a lesser degree it is quite harmless, but when self-deception is more extreme it can be disastrous, especially in relationships. Just about any woman can relate to one of the most common ways we fool ourselves. We’ve all encountered weight...
Gay separations: when the rainbow ends
Introduction “It just hit me out of the blue when Mike dumped me. We hadn’t really been together that long, but I thought I finally found my true soul mate. Now it’s over and I feel totally rejected like no one ever has.” will love me again It’s so...
I want to take my time to do some soul searching after the adventure, but I feel pressured
I sometimes hear from husbands and wives (as well as the faithful spouse and the cheating spouse) who are being criticized for their decision to take time to do some soul searching after one spouse has been unfaithful or had an affair. . An example of a cheating husband...
Jesus believed in Jesus
Maybe you believe in Jesus. Maybe you don’t. Oh sure, almost all sane and educated people believe that Jesus was a real person, a religious teacher, who lived about 2,000 years ago. Even the Koran mentions Jesus 25 times. Although Islamic scriptures do not portray Jesus as the Apostles...
The noble virtue of forgiveness
This is an extraordinary story. It is the all-too-human story of an American government warehouse worker, Karl Taylor, and his factory worker wife, Edith. A very devoted couple, they had been married for twenty-three years. Their unusual bond was such that whenever Karl’s work took him on one of...
Can we trust science or God more to give us the truth about the origins of the universe?
If the choice we have is to believe in the blank nothingness of space or a father in heaven, which should we choose? I think today a lot of people would say, “I will trust science.” But what do we do when the science keeps changing, is unsubstantiated or...
7 reasons why you should boycott gay pride if you want a relationship and live a normal life
When did Gay Pride stop being a celebration to become a show? If it wasn’t for the “Equality for All” signs, I might have mistaken the event for Carnival and not Miami Beach Gay Pride 2011. After all, the street played host to tanned bodies with painted faces, beach...
Say a formal goodbye with other loved ones
There’s something about a meeting Of those who cry in offense, Where the love between them commands, This is how God facilitates relief. *** Well, our little boy’s celebration of life is over. I wonder how I feel. Having had a delicious lunch with all of my children, we...
Who cleansed the Holy of Holies?
At the rear of the temple was a space thirty by thirty that had been reserved by King Solomon for the holiest place on earth; the Holy of Holies, the abode of the living God. Finally, after 400 years (since he brought them out of Egypt), there would be...