Committing for Life
Jay and Laura take a look at Jay’s parent’s 54 year anniversary that just passed and tell you how they’ve kept the flame burning for so long. And how you can too.
Thinking about DIVORCE? Read this FIRST!
Rarely do we post other people’s writing, but this article is so good we thought it deserved attention.
CAUTION: The language is as rough as the divorce you’re contemplating!
Wasbands And Wives: Seven Reasons To Stay Married
Huffington Post
9-18-11 by Gigi Levangie
Helping you Celebrate Your Marriage!
Jay & Laura
No More Miracle Whip :-(
I have to admit, I LOVE Miracle Whip. You know the tangy alternative to Mayo. However, I think my condiment of choice went WAY TOO FAR! Here are the details of the contest.
Create a video of you and your spouse/significant other that answers the question “How has MIRACLE WHIP affected your relationship?” The video should detail how your feelings for Miracle Whip impact your relationship as in “keeping you together/married” or “potentially sending you to divorce court” and state if you are unified in love, unified in hate, or divided in love and hate. The winning video gets $25,000.00 for their wedding or DIVORCE!
Seriously, with divorce rates so high in our country why would anyone encourage divorce and further give you the money to do so? Needless to say we won’t be buying Miracle Whip until hell freezes over or they change their marketing strategy.
Sadly~
Jay
The Irrelevant Church
When did the church become irrelevant? We’re writing this sandwiched between two conferences on Marriage and Family. The sense we’re getting is that the church has become completely irrelevant when it comes to helping marriages and families. Why? Follow this line of thought.
IF marriage is the litmus test of Spiritual formation.
IF family is the incubator of Spiritual formation.
THEN with divorce as prevalent in the church as out and with teens leaving the church in droves, the church has become irrelevant.
Perhaps the next revival/reformation/great awakening in the life of the church will come when people in the church realize that when we put marriage first and family second the rest will take care of itself.
So when do you think the church became irrelevant?
Jay and Laura
Marriage Pays?!
Did you know that being married makes you happier and richer? I know, hard to believe when you are paying bills or arguing with your spouse!
If you are married and committed to staying married no matter the circumstances, you are going to be better off! The problem is that some married people, when ecountering problems in their marriage, think that they will be better off without their spouse and their children will be better off if mom and dad split up. FALSE! Don’t just take our word for it read the study.
February 7-14 is National Marriage Week USA. A week devoted to promoting marriage. “We want to get the message out that marriage is beneficial for both personal and national economic stability and for raising more well adjusted children,” says Chuck Stetson, CEO of National Marriage Week USA. In these days of economic hardship, policy leaders and individual Americans need to get serious about our efforts to strengthen marriage.”
