Imagine getting married in Perth, Australia having been baptised in the Indian Ocean two weeks earlier. Sounds amazing! I could never have guessed that this would happen when I first met Lee and Bonnie eighteen months ago in London at a FamilyLife ‘A Day Together’ seminar. Lee and Bonnie introduced themselves at the end of […]
What makes you feel most loved? Words of Affirmation? Acts of Service? Receiving Gifts? Quality Time? Physical Touch? The way we express and receive love is unique to each person. In his book “The Five Love Languages®”, author Gary Chapman showcases this through the five emotional love languages mentioned above: Words, Acts, Gifts, Time, and […]
Naomi and I had been married for around 5 years when we began the Together course with a slightly younger, recently married couple. I think all of us would say we found the course really helpful on three levels; we got to know our respective spouses better, we got to know the other couple better, […]
Like a fuel boost. A Day Together has been a great additive to our marriage. A day to talk a bit deeper and reflect on where we are going with communication and purpose.” This is what we love to hear! Twenty six couples attended our recent A Day Together (ADT) event in Rochester, one of […]
It’s so easy. And almost fun. ‘Why didn’t you…?’ ‘If only you had….’ ‘Who left the milk sitting out?…’ Once we start firing blame-bullets at each other, someone’s going to get hurt. Sometimes it feels like we’re competing to win the prize of laying fault on the other person. Maybe it’s not my fault this […]
‘…DON’T FIX IT.’ That’s received wisdom and makes perfect sense, for our back garden gate. It’s wonky and the latch no longer connects, but who cares? A handy cord keeps kids and dogs securely locked in. Most of the time. Applying the ‘don’t-fix’ rule to relationships seems to work okay. We rock along in the […]
We recently trained several new couples from the UK, Malta and Spain …and what a great bunch of smiley, fun people they are! The couples were training to become FamilyLife Facilitators so that they can go back to their communities and make a difference. They worked hard but the photos below also show how much […]
Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg recently gave a moving tribute to her husband who died: “Dave was my rock … We had 11 truly joyful years of deepest love, happiest marriage, and truest partnership I could imagine.” The Guardian newspaper reported that President Barack Obama extended his sympathies to Sandberg and in a signed post on […]
Couples attending our Bournemouth ‘A Day Together’ event recently were very positive, with 100% rating it as either ‘excellent’ or ‘good’. Here’s a selection of comments: “Absolutely fantastic! Honest, down to earth speakers with helpful discussion times too. We both go home encouraged.” “A day well spent even for the strongest of couples.” “Worth every […]
Sally shares her story of struggling to conceive, the longings, questions and emotions she and husband, Graham, experienced. She explains how she wrestled with God but how ultimately her Christian faith helped her to find unexpected ‘blessings’ in their married life. Graham and I met twenty seven years ago when we were in our early […]
