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What You Can Look Forward to When the Kids Are Gone
My husband and I hated the empty nest…for the first 15 minutes. Then we looked around at our quiet house and each other and thought: “Hmmm. Maybe…maybe this is going to be okay.” And you know what? It...
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The Art of Being a Disconnected Parent
You should be a disconnected parent. Harsh, we know. It feels weird to say, even to think, but it’s true. In our nearly three years as parents we have learned one thing: raising small humans is...
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The Perks and Struggles of Marrying and Starting a Family in your 30s
Our story, while unusual to some, is becoming more common. Having dated occasionally throughout our 20s, we both found ourselves single past the age of 30 wondering if marriage would ever be a...
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Married and…Foster Parents
Editor’s Note: This is the next installment in our “Married and…” series where we will interview couples from all walks of life. It is our hope that you are encouraged by the stories of people who...
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5 Things I Wish I’d Told Myself After My Miscarriage
The time after my miscarriage was one of the most difficult seasons I’ve had to go through; here are five things I wish I could go back and tell myself: 1. Please don’t be mad at the friends and...
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For Better or Worse: What to Do When “Worse” Gets Real
In the summer of 2012, we took a cross-country road trip. Somewhere in the mountains of North Carolina, after eating a big breakfast and then trying to read in the very back seat of the minivan, our...
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Sex Is Killing Our Kids
A few weeks ago I met with a group of Christian college students to speak on the topic of Sexual Atheism. Yes, you read that correctly. Sexual Atheism—there is such a thing—and it is most prevalent...
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MarriageRoots’ Low-Stress Christmas Guide [FREE Printable Checklist]
Christmas is coming! If that statement sends a bit of excitement up your spine and then is immediately followed by a brief shudder of anxiety, then read on. Christmas is that unique time of year where...
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Protecting Our Fall Schedules
As school events, work events, sports, band, and dance practices are in full swing, I keep thinking about a situation that happened to my wife and me a couple years ago. One September day, my wife...
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Married and…Adopting Internationally
Editor’s Note: This is the next installment in our “Married and…” series where we will interview couples from all walks of life. It is our hope that you are encouraged by the stories of people who...
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Defending Boredom in Marriage
“I’m bored.” This short sentence makes my brain swell to exploding, my blood boil, and my need to get in the car and drive to the nearest Barnes and Noble to escape eminent. When my kids utter these...
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How to Help Your Family Memorize Scripture in 2016
A new year brings a sigh of relief for some and a bit of wistfulness for others. Regardless of how you left 2015, a look ahead at 2016 can bring with it a lot of ideas and plans, especially spiritual...
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MarriageRoots Conversation Card Family Edition :: 20 Questions to Discuss...
Of course we talk to our kids and spouse. We talk all. the. time, actually. In fact, there are times we’d prefer to talk to them a little less, if we’re being honest. Lots of conversations about...
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Pregnancy and the Fear of Losing Myself
One hot morning last summer, Matt and I had just gotten home from spending two weeks working a camp in Louisiana and were frantically unpacking and repacking for a month-long road trip to California,...
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Married and…Adopting Domestically
Editor’s Note: This is the next installment in our “Married and…” series where we will interview couples from all walks of life. It is our hope that you are encouraged by the stories of people who...
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Why We Schedule Date Nights in Advance
At the end of January, we celebrated 16 years of marriage. We dated for three years before we got married, so at this point in our lives I have been with him for almost half of my life. Just yesterday...
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Healing from a Miscarriage
Like most people, I didn’t know a lot about miscarriage until my best friend had one when we were 27. Then, over the next few years, I knew too much. That same friend had another one, her sister had...
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When Your Blended Family Doesn’t Blend
I sat across the room from her in my office each week. She was fifteen. Her parents had divorced when she was 4. They had been fighting over her ever since. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of...
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Being Too Busy Is Costing Us Greatly
This article, this truth, this word from God has been in my heart and mind for years now. What price have we paid, what has it cost us, to not observe a day of rest? A purposeful, intentional day to...
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Are Your Bad Habits Breaking Your Marriage?
My daughter, Sadie, has a very typical 11-year-old kind of bad habit: whining. Just for fun one day, I counted the times I had to say the words “tone of voice” to her, and that particular day it was...
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