My wife Ashley and I love encouraging married couples from all over the world through our ministry at MarriageToday and the XO Marriage Conferences. We love hearing stories of good news when a couple gets engaged or overcomes a hardship in their marriage, but we also hear many stories of heartbreak from couples facing tragedy like discovering evidence of an affair.
Continue12 Summertime Date Night Ideas By: Dave & Ashley Willis Summertime is here! It’s one of our favorite times of year. The kids have sticky faces with the remnants […]
ContinueI have a distant relative who loves his church, loves his children and seems very sincere in his faith and his convictions, but he’s had two divorces in the past five years.
ContinueThe word “submission” carries a lot of negative assumptions with it in this day and age. Over the years it’s been so twisted and misused that many Christian married couples are avoiding the subject altogether.
Continue5 Weird Things Couples Argue About and How To Stop By: Ashley Willis My husband, Dave, and I get along really well for the most part, but there is […]
Continue7 Warning Signs of an Emotional Affair By: Dave Willis I recently received an email from a married woman whose longtime “friendship” with a man at work had crossed some […]
Continue4 Things You Should Never Ever Do In Marriage By: Dave Willis My great-grandfather was a wise, tough, hard-working Indiana farmer who was married for almost seventy years and together […]
Continue4 Ways a Husband Can Unintentionally Break His Wife’s Heart By: Ashley Willis Healthy communication is essential to a thriving marriage, but it takes work. Without realizing it, we can […]
Continue4 Ways a Wife Can Unintentionally Break Her Husband’s Heart By: Dave Willis I’m going to make a confession to you that many men will try to deny, but it’s […]
ContinueHave you ever wondered what is actually going on in your husband’s brain? When asked what he’s thinking about, a man’s typical response is, “Nothing.” It’s not that we’re always thinking about nothing; it’s usually that we don’t know how to put our feelings into words.
ContinueNot too long ago some girlfriends and I started talking about our marriages over lunch. One of my friends shared that she feels like her husband is never satisfied with the frequency of their sex life, and she is frustrated because she feels insecure with her body.
ContinueOne of the most common questions we receive from our blog readers reveals a growing trend in insecurities related to body image and how those insecurities negatively impact a married couple’s sex life.
ContinueI was eating lunch with a friend recently when he shared some frustrations about his “boring sex life.” I thought he might complain about a lack of frequency (which is the most common complaint I hear from sexually-frustrated spouses), but that wasn’t his grievance.
ContinueThere are three statements nearly every husband longs to hear often from his wife. They matter more to him than you may have ever realized.
ContinueWhat you say to your spouse on a consistent basis can make or break your marriage. It’s easy to forget, but it’s something that both husbands and wives need to remember.
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