How to Fall in Love All Over Again
Fall in love again? No one gets married thinking their love for their spouse will fade. We go in believing those butterflies we felt...
Last Year Was One of the Hardest Years of My Life … but One...
Most of the time here at Thriving Marriages we bring you the best content we've found around the web for building a...
A Marriage That Can’t Forgive, Won’t Survive
Miranda had been spending money on a secret credit card for months. She hid receipts, she removed price tags, she sometimes even...
How to Survive When Your Marriage is Under Attack
Today's post comes from Live Your Best Marriage.
In a few weeks my husband and I will celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary. It’s been an exciting...
11 Boring Habits that Build an Exhilarating Marriage
The truth is that every great accomplishment you've witnessed, whether in sports, the arts, or a great relationship, happened because of years of practice...
An Emotional Affair Is Avoidable. Here’s How to Guard Your Marriage.
Today's post from Sheila at To Love, Honor and Vacuum is a great look at why an emotional affair is dangerous, but...
The Only “Fair” Marriage Is When Both Spouses Give 100 Percent.
Happily married Eric and Jill climbed out of bed at their normal Saturday morning hour. They had a lot to do around...
Remember, Your Marriage is Only Two People (here’s looking at you, kids)
Today's post comes from Melissa Edgington and originally appeared on our sister site, For Every Mom, which - if you ARE a mom -...
Why Emotional Responsibility Will Save Your Marriage
In the early years of our marriage, confrontations between Sheri and me usually involved her turning into a T-rex and me turning into a...
It’s Not About Fighting Fair. It’s About Giving Up on “Fairness” Altogether.
SOME SAY, "ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR" - BUT IN MY OPINION, THAT ACTUALLY ISN'T TRUE.
If you really sit down...
Adultery Is Alarmingly Common, But It Doesn’t Have to Happen to You.
For men and women, adultery begins in the heart. And for men particularly, it begins when the heart is not guarded against...
Kick Out Fear & Make More Room for Love in Your Marriage
Today's post from Friend of the Newsletter™ Danny at Loving on Purpose wrecked me (Josh) in the best of ways. Sometimes we need reminders of...
Finding Hope in Every Season of Marriage
As we enter a new season, I find my thoughts slowly shifting from warm, sunny days enjoying the freedom and flexibility of a summer...
What to Do When You Don’t Have Any Energy Left For Your Spouse
After a full day of work and dealing with the kids, do you feel like you don’t have much time or energy...
Want 2019 to be a GREAT Year? Ask These 3 Questions.
Longtime TM partner, Scott Kedersha, recently wrote a fantastic post on how to reflect on your past year. While it's not all...
The Best Christmas Gift You Can Give Your Spouse
“But the angel said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will...
Help, My Imperfect Spouse Is Ruining My Perfect Marriage!
Q: Well, the honeymoon is over and I’ve discovered that my spouse is not perfect. Now what?
A: Your wedding may have been...
Practical Ideas for a High Maintenance Marriage
Today's post comes from the wonderful Jim Burns at Homeword. Check out the discussion questions at the end and have a conversation with your...
Your Spouse Doesn’t Deserve Your Love
One of the most challenging and beautiful aspects of the Christian faith is grace: undeserved kindness. Today's post comes from our longtime partners at...
How 2 Minutes a Day Can Change Your Marriage
Today's post comes from Gary Thomas, and our friends at Homeword.
While working on my book Cherish: The One Word That Changes Everything for Your Marriage, I...
Are You Taking Your Low-Maintenance Spouse For Granted?
Traps You Can Fall Into If Your Spouse Is Low-Maintenance
1. It’s easy to put your needs before their needs. Marriage calls for us to...
Still Fighting, After 45 Years
Today's fantastic post comes from Grace and Graffiti. There's a lot of great writing from someone looking at a decades long marriage, and it's...
How to Improve the “Offense and Defense” of Your Marriage
Whether it's in sports or relationships, the way to win is to have both a strong offense and defense. In today's post our friend...
How Much Time Do You Give Your Marriage?
“The average marriage today is weaker than the average marriage of yore, in terms of both satisfaction and divorce rate, but the best marriages...
The Difference Between Forgiveness and Trust
Understanding the difference between forgiveness and trust is critical to every marriage. When Jason and Alisha met with my wife and I they were...
Do You Feel Like Your Spouse’s Lowest Priority?
We often hear from people who feel as if they just aren't a priority in their spouse’s life. Often it's the wife who feels...
Why You Should Be Nice … Even When Your Spouse Isn’t
Being nice to your spouse is easy! Until they're not nice to you. Today's post explains why we should fight for nice, even when it...
Real Love is Tough Like Tires (But in a Romantic Way)
Images matter, and how we imagine what love should look like has a huge impact on our satisfaction in marriage and our...
How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage
In 25% of current marriages one or both spouses are cheating.
That's 1-in-4.
It's a staggering, heartbreaking statistic, and highlights an important truth: every marriage is...
What Winemaking Can Teach You About Marriage
Today's post comes from Monique Chambers & Start Marriage Right.
The butterflies ceased, the kind words of affirmation came to a halt, and those go-out-of-my-way...
What I’d Tell Myself on My Wedding Day
Today's post comes from Pam Blosser and her blog, www.journeytohim.com.
A couple of weeks ago I watched my daughter walk down a flower-edged aisle dressed in...
Want to Improve Your Marriage? These 3 Small Changes Will Lead to Huge Results.
I am often trying to find ways of making myself a better person. I imagine all of us at some point wish we...
How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage: the dangerous person profile
Every Monday in the month of July we’re doing a series called “How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage.” While each week can stand alone, here...
What’s Important to You Is Important to Me
"What’s important to you is important to me.”
That’s a great sentiment, but it is meaningless if your actions don’t support the claim.
It’s human nature...
What Are You Doing to Pursue Your Spouse?
You need to make it one of your highest priorities to pursue your spouse. One of my biggest concerns as a married...
Is Your Marriage’s Health At Risk? Here’s How to Find Out
Today's post from America's Family Coaches is absolutely right on. Behind all the details and distractions, how is the heart of your marriage doing?...
1 Secret Every Man Needs to Know About Their Wives
Every day we hear from men who desperately want help and encouragement for their wives. Most commonly, they complain that their wives...
What No One Tells You at the Wedding
Today's post - a free verse poem from Shawn Smucker - is a powerful reflection on marriage. Hope you enjoy it!
There is something
no one tells...
Therapy Can’t Save Your Marriage, but it CAN Help
In some spheres of Christianity, therapy is looked at suspiciously; however, here at Thriving Marriages we're a huge fan of (good) therapy and believe...
Your Marriage Will Make it Through This Season
Your marriage will make it through this--and any--season.
This summer, I posted this picture to Instagram with the caption “This guy. Stalking me since 1990.”
It...
6 Great Books to Give (or Read) for Valentine’s Day
You know you love it. Or maybe not. Regardless, Valentine's Day is coming like a freight train and you might be lacking...
Are Toxic Family Members Hurting Your Marriage? Here’s What to Do.
MEYGAN AND I BOTH ADMIT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES WE'VE MADE EXCUSES FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF OUR TOXIC FAMILY MEMBERS BECAUSE…...
5 Signs That Your Marriage is Going to Make It
People often ask us, how can I tell if my marriage will last? In some cases, it may not be easy to...
Inject Some A.W.E. Into Your Marriage.
There’s never a better time than today to recommit to some basic marriage principles that can strengthen your bonds and inject a fresh...
How to Make Your Spouse Less Annoying
Wanna make your spouse less annoying? It’s obvious there are some marriage issues that are so big they cannot be ignored. Left unresolved, these...
What Do You Want to Believe About Your Spouse?
Today's great post on what we choose to believe about our spouse comes from Marriage Laboratory. Enjoy!
There is a person in my life with...
Your Marriage is More Than Free Sex and Housekeeping
Today's post from Juli at Authentic Intimacy is a great reminder - our marriages are more than just a contract, a routine, or an...
Running on Empty? Here’s How to Keep Your Marriage’s Fuel Tank Full
Today's marriage tip comes from Patrick Schwenk as a guest blogger for Gary Thomas's site. It leads to a great question: what's one way...
Finding a Spouse You Can Suffer With
Today's post is not only a well-written and very powerful post from www.newsanchortohomemaker.com, but something that resonates deeply with me (Josh) as my wife...
10 Signs Your Marriage May Be Drifting
Most people don’t get married so they can be unhappy. Most people don’t stand in front of a church full of people and pledge...