On Fridays I like to take a look at what's been happening on social media this week, because often most of the writing/thoughts end up on Facebook or Instagram, and if you mostly read the blog you may miss them. So let's go: Let's talk Kissing Before Marriage! I...
Yesterday I had the great privilege of speaking at Colorado Christian University's Chapel.. It was my first post-COVID (since COVID? COVID's not really over) speaking engagement in person. I've done several via Zoom--some MOPS groups, a counseling group, several...
Has anyone noticed that the math in Love & Respect for how many people the book applies to doesn't add up? Joanna and her family are on their way down from the Arctic today to stay at my house for a week. They're moving to Edmonton (it's funny to think of Edmonton...
People land on Bare Marriage in all kinds of ways! It may be links they saw on Twitter or Facebook. It may be posts that people emailed to them. But the two most common ways are Pinterest and Google--with Google being the biggest one. And because so much of my traffic...
It's time for a new episode of the Bare Marriage podcast! I hope you all will listen, but if you don't have time, I'll have some links and rabbit trails below so you can read all you want as well! Remember--to access all of the podcasts, you can click on "Podcast" on...
My mom firmly believes in creating memories by giving our family super fun shared experiences. She's at that age (I think I'm allowed to say that!) when she wants to be more purposeful with what she does. And she decided this year, for her 75th birthday, that what she...
How do you know if you're being abused? One of the hardest parts of blogging is reading so many heartbreaking emails and comments that come in from people in truly destructive marriages. I find myself wondering, why do people treat each other this way? And even more...
This semester I did something very brave--that actually didn't turn out to be such a big deal at all. I didn't fuss when my youngest daughter decided she wanted to drop to part-time status at university so that she could start...
2016 is almost over. And what a year it's been! My oldest daughter graduated from university this year, and now she's working for me. My husband is also working on the blog these days--and it's been great to allow him to get more...