Category: The virtuous marriage
The Virtuous Marriage series: lessons on virtues like order, moderation, and resolution, applied to married life.
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Ask The Readers: What Are The Christmas Traditions In Your Marriage?
Photo courtesy {eclaire} With Christmas right around the corner, there are many traditions that families follow. Christmas Eve services at church, family dinners, opening presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning.…
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11 Mistakes That Men Make During Sex
Photo courtesy e-strategyblog.com For the past couple of weeks we’ve had a lively discussion about intimacy and it’s various meanings. This whole discussion started off with the question, what’s the…
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Simple Marriage Odds and Ends
As 2008 rapidly comes to a close, I’d like to take a moment and take care of a few housekeeping items. 1. I am very excited to have Mary Ann…
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Intimacy: A Deeper Discussion
Photo courtesy ms. Tea Lately we’ve been on a journey exploring the topic of intimacy. Starting with a discussion of intimacy vs. sex, which are often interchanged but in fact…
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Ask The Readers: What's The Difference Between Intimacy And Connection?
Photo courtesy seanmcgrath Building off the momentum from the last word pair, intimacy and sex, let’s continue the discussion. Based on the lively conversation between many of you, sex seemed…
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The Biggest Lie Many Parents Live By
I’ve got a post currently getting some good discussion over at Parent To Launch. If you’re a parent, this may be of interest. The Biggest Lie Many Parents Live By…
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Give Me Intimacy, Give Me Sex, Or Both!
Photo courtesy seeks2dream On Monday I posed the question to the Simple Marriage readers: what’s the difference between intimacy and sex? Within a hour of posting, comments were rolling in…
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Ask The Readers: What's The Difference Between Intimacy And Sex?
Photo courtesy Elmo Alves I’m trying something a bit different with this ask the readers question, it’s a word pair. Where one word is often interchanged with the other, but…
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Best Of Simple Marriages, November 2008
The Holidays are now upon us! Man how time flies by. November was another good month here at Simple Marriages, and once again I have you the loyal reader to…
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Announcing… Parent To Launch!
Yesterday on Twitter I ‘soft launched’ a new blog – Parent To Launch. The idea for the blog has been “brewing” in my mind for almost as long as the…
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A Marriage Coaching Experiment Reflection
Photo courtesy tygerlyl A few months back I offered two couples the opportunity to experience three free sessions of marriage coaching. I was very pleased with the response. 18 couples…
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A Good Husband's Take On A Simple Marriage
In the world of dad blogs there are a few that I follow. One of which is written by Cory Huff. He also covers marriage topics so it’s pretty cool…