Category: The virtuous marriage
The Virtuous Marriage series: lessons on virtues like order, moderation, and resolution, applied to married life.
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Great marriage quote
This is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible and autonomous beings who do not run away from life. ~ Paul…
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How To Create A Scary-Good Marriage
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” ~ Albert Einstein I used to want to be a professional ball player, didn’t really care which sport, just…
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Build a Better Marriage Challenge: Grow Up
The only way to experience more in marriage and life begins by examining your view of things. Namely your marriage. What is the purpose of marriage? Why did you get…
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Simple Family: How to Steal From Your Kids
In general, children in America have around 18 years to prepare for living in the real world. During this time, children have a certain number of teaching experiences that will…
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11 Books That Have Shaped My Life Recently
I am a book lover, but this hasn’t always been true. For most of my life, I absolutely hated the idea of reading. Any time I picked up something to…
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Okay, Okay… I Hear You Loud And Clear
After announcing the cancellation of the 38 Day Challenge I began receiving emails, comments and Tweets about how many of you were gearing up for it. Now that you’ve spoken…
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Simple Family: Giving Kids Their Space
In the last Simple Family post I proposed the idea that as parents, we are responsible to our children, not for them. I’d like to add to this idea. As…
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A Simple Marriage Conversation
As you read before the weekend, due to lack of participation the 38 Day Challenge has been canceled. This decision came after lots of discussion with my wife, fellow bloggers,…
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The 38 Day Challenge Is Canceled
As we enter into the holiday weekend, at least in the States, I want to briefly share something. As you know, the 38 Day Challenge is slated to begin in…
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Simple Family: The Biggest Lie Many Parents Live By
Being a parent is overwhelming at times. Endless schedules, teachable moments, messes to clean up, meals to prepare, laundry to fold, and moments to lose your cool. Take comfort in…
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Simple Marriage Gets a New Look
Perhaps you’ve noticed something different at Simple Marriage, unless you’re a subscriber who rarely ventures beyond your feed reader or email (if that’s you, no worries and thanks for subscribing,…
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Being in Love Means…
Last weekend’s ask the reader was a great discussion, so here’s another that may be equally good. Once again, if you want to go a bit deeper with this, journal…