Ashleigh Baker 6 Minute Read Oh, they say when you marry in June, You’re a bride all your life. And the bridegroom who marries in June Gets a sweetheart for a wife. Winter weddings can be gay Like a Christmas holiday. But the June bride hears the song Of the spring that lasts all summer long By the light of…
Gretchen Louise 6 Minute Read It was the summer before I turned 13. The summer before I met Merritt. The summer my world changed from that of a little girl to a teenager. It was the summer I read His Perfect Faithfulness by Eric and Leslie Ludy. All I knew about dating was what I observed from afar in the…
Lanier Ivester 8 Minute Read It’s no secret how much I love my sheep. Needless to say, we have sturdy fences in place, which we inspect regularly, as vital to keep intruders out as to keep the sheep in. And I would never—not in a million years, not for love or money—ever consider letting them so much as out of…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read Josh was going out of his way this potluck Sunday. As he offered time and again to get Dr. L. something more to drink, we were pretty sure Josh had something up his sleeve. I never did find out what Josh did to the next cup of water, but the conversation it all sparked took…
Dr. Bill Brink 8 Minute Read pre-marital and post marital counsel from the rocking chair of 54 years of growing in love As we’re driving down the freeway of life, we have to pay attention to the signs. Don’t cross the double yellow line. Don’t go over the white line on your side of the road. The same holds true in…
Guest Author 3 Minute Read I originally sat down to write about my love story, my “Happily Ever After”, but then–as happened many times before–I was convicted. Something that I never actually choose to feel: conviction. Isn’t it funny how the things we need in life (such as conviction) are hardly ever the things we actually want? But thank the…
Gretchen Louise 1 minute This morning’s sermon on divorce was the best I’ve ever heard. (Of course, it would not take all the fingers on one hand to number the sermons I have heard on divorce. Despite the fact that I’ve gone to church since the first Sunday of my life. And grew up during a time of skyrocketing…
Gretchen Louise 4 Minute Read Asking for advice, a reader wrote: “It gets a little frustrating sometimes, knowing that he is the man I am supposed to marry, yet we can’t move forward with our lives and get married because we are both still in college.” Or because he doesn’t have a job. Or because my parents want us to…
Gretchen Louise 6 Minute Read If you want to make your husband the happiest man in the world, then start right now. When your boyfriend talks to you, listen with your eyes, not just your ears. When you are married, there will be many more distractions to get in the way, and fewer opportunities for good conversation–take advantage of them…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read written January 2007 Last Saturday, I watched as my cousin Brian slipped a ring on his new bride’s finger.The pictures in their slide show coordinated perfectly with the lyrics of the new Country song by Heartland, “I Loved Her First.”And as the vocalists sang Newsong’s “When God Made You,” we all rejoiced together with Brian…
Dr. Bill Brink 3 Minute Read (from a letter written to Gretchen some years ago by her grandfather) Wisdom defined God’s way as this–the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. My daughter, if you will receive my words to lay up my commandments with Thee, so that you incline your ear unto wisdom and apply your heart to…
Chantel 1 minute There, two stand in the door, And embrace for one last time. War has called one far away to fight, And the other to fight at Home. One will fight on a Sandy Plain, Far across the Sea, She will fight on the home front, Facing battles as great as He. For the Soldier’s…
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