Born To Deliver: The Downward Spiral
Maybe the most compelling story isn’t the one we identify with, but the one that breaks our hearts. It’s the story we pray never comes true. The book, Born to Deliver, is the personal story of Kathy...
View ArticleBorn to Deliver: Adoption
If the echoing theme in the first half of Born to Deliver, was loneliness, the second half is indisputably adoption. Kathy Brace’ story opens with the agonizing birth of her first child when she is...
View ArticleLove & War
Have you ever noticed that the Bible begins and ends with a marriage? Near the beginning of Genesis with Adam and Eve we witness the first uniting of a man and woman by God. In Revelation, Jesus...
View ArticleBoundaries in Dating
When I was asked to review Boundaries in Dating by Henry Cloud and John Townsend, I jumped at the opportunity, hoping to be both challenged and affirmed. After all, I’m always game to glean additional...
View ArticleCelibate Sex: The Interview
I was sitting in one of my favorite French bakeries in Charlotte, NC when I first picked up a pre-released manuscript of Abbie Smith’s book, Celibate Sex. While sipping on my melange riche with Edith...
View ArticleThe Purposed Bride
A wedding planning how-to for the heart, The Purposed Bride by Lindsay Tracy Hall (CreateSpace 2013) is not a guide centered on flowers, food and fashion (the Lord knows we have enough of those)....
View ArticleHappy Wives Club Book Review + Giveaway!!!
I feel incredibly blessed and humbled to be happily married. However, I know that many people do not share my experience of joy in marriage. As I shared in Five Marriage Lessons From a Newlywed, one of...
View ArticleBook Review: “Team Us: Marriage Together”
One year of marriage is under our, mine and my husband’s, belts, and we have learned A LOT. It is true: there is no marriage book that can prepare a couple for such an intimate institution. The reason...
View ArticleFood Triggers: Insights & Book Review
If you google “food addiction research,” some of the first results listed are the websites for: Food Addiction Institute (FIA), The Huffington Post and Harvard Medical School. There are some very smart...
View Article5 Decisions to Make From This Day Forward (Book Review)
I love reading books, especially marriage books. Whether for my job as I read marriage books to help other couples or as I read through resources to help with teaching premarrieds at our church, I am a...
View ArticleBook Review: Making Marriage Beautiful
I’ve been married a long time (40 years to be exact), but just when I think I’ve figured out everything there is to know about marriage, my husband and I enter a new season of life, causing me to dig...
View ArticleHope for Difficult Marriages
What can you do if your spouse is abusive … or depressed … or addicted? How do you live with someone who won’t communicate? In his latest book, Dr. Gary Chapman tackles all of these difficult...
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