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Recent Posts
6 Ways Christian Marriage Advice Leaves Christ Out
The overarching question I have for my life is a simple one: How can I live out the kingdom of God and make Jesus take up more space? How can we make Jesus more evident in this world? That is the job of every believer. On the podcast last week, though, Scott Coley was...
Why We’re Going to See a Divorce Surge in the Church–and More!
When it comes to marriage and the church, I believe the ground is shifting beneath our feet right now. As I'v been sharing all week as we look back on 2021, things are changing quickly. God is shaking things, and people are starting to understand God's heart for...
The Putting Christ Back in Christian Marriage Podcast
It's Time to Celebrate--and also Refocus on Christ In the last podcast of 2021 I was very, very tired. I took two weeks completely offline, knit a ton, and rejuvenated. And then we had some really good news (including hitting 1,000,000 downloads of the podcast on...
10 Totally Life Changing Marriage Tips You Needed to Learn in 2021
Sometimes it takes just one thought, one concept, to change everything in your marriage. Yesterday I shared the top 10 posts from 2021 that garnered the most comments and were the most talked about. But there's another category of posts I thought it would be important...
10 Most Talked About Posts from 2021 on Bare Marriage!
2021: The Biggest Year on the Blog. What a year it was! The Great Sex Rescue was published in March. I had to wade through a lot of criticism and lawsuit threats and the discouragement that the Christian establishment didn't seem to care about the harm they were...
8 Signs the Evangelical Conversation about Sex and Marriage Changed in 2021
As we begin 2022, I feel that there has been a shift in the air. I ended 2021 with a personal post saying that I was very, very tired. And I really was! I took the last two weeks almost completely off (we did record the audio versions of the upcoming The Good Girl's...
Just a Personal Christmas Check-In
My husband told me yesterday that I was in the middle of the "long dark night of the soul." We went down to a winery to celebrate our anniversary and we were just talking about the last year, and where we're at now emotionally and where we think we'll end up in five...
On My 30th Anniversary: My Husband Is a Good Man
Thirty years ago I made the best decision of my life--but I really didn't understand that at the time. I don't know how a 21-year-old can truly realize how important the choice of mate is. It's so easy to think that love is all you need--and I did love Keith. It's so...
Manger Theology: What Pregnancy and Birth Can Tell Us about Jesus
Hi, everybody! This month we've been talking about embodiment and mindfulness--how to understand the mind/body connection. I thought that theme fit in well with Christmas, because in Christmas our God actually took on bodily form. The incarnation shows us that our...