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Guest Post

Mar 5
4 min

A Challenge to Walk in Humility

As my wife and I have talked to couples over the years, we are continually reminded that we live in a broken world. Life’s challenges...

Mary Larmoyeux

Mar 1, 2023
2 min

Ten Habits for a Lifelong Marriage

Years ago, when my parents were celebrating their golden anniversary, I asked them for their marriage advice. What was their secret to a...

David and Kelly Stephens

Dec 9, 2022
3 min

Preparing Our Hearts for the Holidays

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year, with the kids jingle-belling and everyone telling you, ‘Be of good cheer!’” Andy Williams’...

Marriage Lesson from My Six-Year-Old Daughter

Jeremy Lively

Sep 20, 2022
4 min

Marriage Lesson from My Six-Year-Old Daughter

This past summer, my six-year-old came home from a neighborhood swim meet with a sparkle in her big brown eyes, and a huge smile on her...

Barry Williams

Jul 8, 2022
4 min

A No-Win Proposition

Comparison is a destructive trap. One that, sadly to say, I am all too familiar with. It can spring up just driving to work! I look over...

Peter Zipp

Jun 10, 2022
5 min

What's the Roadblock in Your Marriage?

Is there a roadblock in your marriage? Something keeping you from achieving the life and marriage that you’ve always wanted, that God...

Letter to a Couple Entering the Blended Family Journey

Guest Post

Apr 20, 2022
3 min

Letter to a Couple Entering the Blended Family Journey

Abiding Marriage has some of the greatest Ministry Partners of any ministry! These folks pray and give financially so that we can...

Kate Buchanan

Feb 7, 2022
6 min

What Are You Fighting For?

I’m in the kitchen making dinner and I hear the kids bickering and fighting over a toy just like I had heard them do three minutes ago. I...

Guest Post

Nov 21, 2021
2 min

To Share: A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Sometimes you run across something that is just too good NOT to share!! That is what I thought when I re-discovered the prayer below that...

Bill Elliff

Nov 10, 2021
3 min

The Abiding Marriage by Bill Elliff

This post was written by Pastor Bill Elliff. Bill has a way of taking things that seem hard or complicated, and making them easy to...

Guest Post

Sep 29, 2021
5 min

Is Love Really a Need to be Met?

As a Biblical Counselor, I am confronted almost every session with a husband or wife wrestling with their view of love. All of us are...