Blog – Page 9

5 Nov

Clear Communications

What? I can’t hear you! You are mumbling. You turned away from me. Can you repeat that? What do you mean? I don’t know what you mean. I don’t know about you, but in our home, at least two of these sentences come up daily. Naturally, these communication issues will probably always occur to […]

5 Nov

Testimonies from IMC18

Read just a few inspiring testimonies from this year’s IMC and then watch the video testimony of the Adiarte family: “My wife and I were stuck in a silent spot in our marriage. We did not know how to communicate with each other any more. We were given the tools to bring the life […]

5 Nov

What’s New – November, 2013

NAME had a very busy month this month with our 18th annual International Marriage Conference. For the first time, we live web streamed the night sessions and we have mp3s of the conference and the workshops available on www.mymarriagestore.com. (CDs & DVDs are also available by calling the office at 602-404-2600). We also want to […]

2 Oct

Powerful Couple’s Testimony

We are excited to attend the conference this year. It has been a number of years, since we were able to go. In the fall of 2009 my husband and I were separated. In fact, we were only a couple of weeks away from going to court to turn it into a full divorce. […]

2 Oct

Parenting with Your Marriage: Teaching Politeness & Courtesy

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he should not depart from it.” (Prov 22:6 – ESV) If you watch a toddler, you will notice the ways they start to copy their parents and often it is so cute! However, sometimes they will say an inappropriate […]

2 Oct

When Sex Gets Scary

Yes, sex can be scary! It may not be the same fear you get from a rollercoaster or when you are home alone in the dark, but sex can illicit fear for a lot people. It is not a trembling, screaming fear, but it may take the form of timidity towards intimacy or an avoidance […]

2 Oct

The Politics of Marriage

In current American politics, the overall country is unhappy with the President, Congress and a potential war in Syria. The reason why so many our unhappy is because people seem to be feeling that everyone is pitting themselves against each other and not working together. Democrats are mad that the Republicans do not want to […]

2 Oct

What’s New?

We are just a couple weeks away from the International Marriage Conference! Things have really been coming together. We cannot contain our excitement for this year’s speakers, workshops, and theme (Ignite the Passion). It takes a lot of work to pull off a conference this huge with our staff of six people, but we aren’t […]

6 Sep

SEX TO BLESS

SEX TO BLESS Recently, we heard from a pastor’s wife who shared her testimony of how this ministry transformed her marriage, specifically in the area of sexual intimacy. She said that both her and her husband grew up as Christians and never received proper teaching concerning sex. The lack of knowledge caused their sex life […]

6 Sep

PARENTING WITH YOUR MARRIAGE: SHARING

SHARING Because our ministry is marriage-focused, we are introducing this new segment which will help parents intentionally work on their marriage while also being intentional in their parenting. This month we will focus on the principle of sharing. As parents, we teach our kids, “Sharing is caring.” The Bible says, “do not forget to do […]