Above: C. S. Lewis and his wife Joy, approx. 1958 ——————– If the old fairy-tale ending ‘They lived happily ever after’ is taken to mean ‘They felt for the next fifty years exactly as they felt the day before they were married’, then it says what probably never was nor ever would be […]
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From a column by Andree Seu, World magazine, November 1, 2008, page 87, referring to a conversation she was told about. ———————- “Is your husband an enemy?” Elisabeth Elliot said to me. “Does your husband feel like your enemy?” “Yes.” “What does the Bible say about how to treat
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This article was written by Jim Tonkowich and was originally posted at: http://www.ReligionToday.com The Joy of Sex was first published in 1972. Written by Dr. Alex Comfort (Yes, that was really his name), it carries the subtitle A Gourmet’s Guide to Lovemaking. According to the introduction: “the people we are addressing
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By C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity What we call ‘being in love’ is a glorious state, and, in several ways, good for us. It helps to make us generous and courageous, it opens our eyes not only to the beauty of the beloved but to all beauty, and it subordinates (especially at first) our merely
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(continued…) It is often said by those in Alcoholics Anonymous, “You may not be able to save the alcoholic, but you can try and save yourself.” They say that when it comes to alcohol addiction, you cannot expect, or allow, the alcoholic to define the limits. You must set your own limits.
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Part one of this two-part meditation is a story from a book by Methodist pastor William Willimon. But anyone could probably tell similar stories about someone they have known, or perhaps even from their own life. It is a story about family troubles, and we all know what that can be like. This
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By John Goerke; First published on the Institute of Religion and Democracy’s blog site called Juicy Ecumenism, November 13, 2013 (edited). John Goerke majors in Philosophy at Minnesota State University Moorhead. “How ought I to live as a married man or married woman?” “What is marriage for me, right now?” These are questions
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A wedding sermon I gave a few years ago. I figured out the other day that I have done about 200 weddings in the last 30 years. That means I have had to give 200 wedding sermons, and, to be honest with you, I’m getting tired of it. Doing the wedding itself is
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Last summer Nora Ephron died at the age of 71. Ephron wrote (among other things) movie screenplays, including one of my all-time favorites, the 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally. Many people remember that movie for one particular scene that took place in a restaurant. In case you weren’t going to ‘R’
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By Martin Luther (1483-1546; married in 1525), recorded in Table Talk (#3508), from a conversation in 1536: He who takes a wife is not idle, for marriage keeps him busy. To remain content in celibacy confronts one with many temptations that are not trivial, as the experienced know. On the other hand, the
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