Category: Confessional Culture

• When Your Apology is Used Against You – And WW Linkup!

  

  It’s never easy to make yourself vulnerable nor to lay your heart out on the table in a sincere and humble apology before the one person on earth who matters most—your spouse. But what’s worse is when your spouse uses your apology against you. Typically, a spouse won’t do this unless: Your spouse simply got…

  BethSteffaniak

  June 9, 2015

  Acceptance, Anger, Apologies, Blaming, Christ-Centered, Comfort, Communication, Confession, Confessional Culture, Conflict, Discouragement, Faith in God, God’s Redemption, Grace, Humility, Love of God, Perseverance, Realistic Expectations, Redemption, Resentments, Trust, Vulnerability, Wedded Wednesday, Wounds

  Apologies, Conflict, Perseverance, Resentments, Trust God, Wounds

• When and When NOT To Apologize – Plus WW Linkup!

  

  Creating a confessional culture in your marriage should be developed with both discernment and timing in mind. Like most changes you want to make in life or marriage, you must go slowly and strategically, unless you are prepared for the entire effort to backfire on you! This is especially true if your spouse is not…

  BethSteffaniak

  May 26, 2015

  Alienation, Anger, Apologies, Attitude, Authenticity, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Commitment, Communication, Confession, Confessional Culture, Conflict, Emotions, Faith in God, Guilt, Humility, Perseverance, Perspective, Prayer, Reconciliation, Self-Reflection, Self-sacrifice, Vulnerability, Wedded Wednesday

  Apologies, Apology, Commitment, Communication, Confession, Humility, Prayer, Timing, Vulnerability

• How to Apologize Effectively and WW Linkup!

  

  I grew up in a home where apologies were rarely extended or witnessed. We were a loving bunch, but somehow this important practice of acknowledging our sins and apologizing to each other was never clearly present, at least not in my view. Unfortunately, that also became true for my marriage in the early days. Gary…

  BethSteffaniak

  May 19, 2015

  Acceptance, Anger, Apologies, Authenticity, Christ-Centered, Communication, Confession, Confessional Culture, Emotions, Forgiveness, Humility, Positive Focus, Prayer, Resentments, Vulnerability, Wedded Wednesday

  Acceptance, Apologies, Communication, Confession, Humility, Prayer

• Why Confession is Worth the Risk! And WW Linkup!

  

  I’m currently conducting a survey with men {or husbands in particular} that asks, What makes opening up and confessing to a mate or girlfriend so difficult? I only have a small number who’ve responded so far, but the answers to this one question have revealed a glaringly apparent fear of rejection. The sad fact is…

  BethSteffaniak

  May 12, 2015

  Alienation, Anger, Apologies, Attitude, Authenticity, Bonding, Confession, Confessional Culture, Conflict, Denial, Encouragement, False Beliefs, Guilt, Humility, Negative Self-Talk, Responsibility, Self-Protection, Trust, Truth, Unity, Vulnerability, Wedded Wednesday

  Apologies, Authenticity, Bonding, Confession, Denial, False Beliefs, Secrets

• Can ‘Not Apologizing’ Motivate My Mate? and WW Linkup!

  

  Today I’m continuing my series on why I didn’t apologize to my mate, by tackling the third justification I mentioned two weeks ago. {To see that post click here.} “I believed that because his sins seemed so much worse and more glaring than mine, that by confessing, I would only be pacifying him. In doing…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 21, 2015

  Anger, Apologies, Attitude, Boundaries, Choices, Christ-Centered, Communication, Confession, Confessional Culture, Conflict, Control, Faith in God, False Beliefs, Humility, Negative Self-Talk, Pride, Respect, Responsibility, Submission, Surrender, Wedded Wednesday

  Anger, Apologies, Boundaries, Conflict, Control, Humility, Pride, Submission, Wedded Wednesday

• How I was a Right-Fighter And WW Linkup!

  

  I’m continuing to unpack why I didn’t confess my faults and sins to my husband in the early days of my marriage, focusing today on . . . Distortion Two – “If I’m right, I shouldn’t have to apologize!” It goes like this . . . If I’m saying the right things Or If I’m…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 14, 2015

  Alienation, Apologies, Attitude, Boundaries, Choices, Christ-Centered, Communication, Confession, Confessional Culture, Conflict, Denial, Discouragement, Faith in God, False Beliefs, Humility, Negative Self-Talk, Pride, Responsibility, Wedded Wednesday

  Apologies, False Beliefs, Good Intentions, Humility, Judgmental, Pride, Right, Wrong

• 3 Reasons I Did Not Confess to My Mate And WW Linkup!

  

  There are many reasons why I didn’t confess my faults and sins to my husband in the early days of my marriage, but three of them stand out more than some of the others. I thought that confessing “I was wrong” about something to my husband was the equivalent of handing him the keys to…

  BethSteffaniak

  April 7, 2015

  About Me, Apologies, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Communication, Confession, Confessional Culture, Conflict, False Beliefs, Grace, Negative Self-Talk, Pride, Responsibility, Self-Protection, Victim Mentality, Vulnerability, Wedded Wednesday, Wounds

  Apologies, Confession, False Beliefs, Faults, Responsibility, Vulnerability