Category: Marriage
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Healthy Boundaries and Expectations for a Heart-to-Heart And Linkup!
Today I’m continuing in the series that was born out of the results from my Men and Openness survey by unpacking a bit more what a wife (or any spouse for that matter) needs to keep in mind in a heart-to-heart. [Tweet “If you want to encourage openness, establish healthy boundaries and realistic expectations.”] Since…
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5 Ways Your Spouse Can Control You
I’m beginning a new series on Sundays that will unpack five ways that we are prone to let our spouses control us. FYI … I’ll still be posting videos on upcoming Sundays, just not as often. If you’ve been married for any length of time, it is so easy to fall into these five unhealthy…
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5 Steps for a Successful Heart-to-Heart with Your Wife And Linkup
Today, we’re going one step further in our discussion on “Men and Openness” by talking about … “talking about our feelings.” Based upon the Men and Openness survey I conducted recently, 53.45% of the men chose – “I don’t know how to articulate my feelings” as their second highest response to why opening up with…
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What Men Say About Opening Up And WW Linkup!
Today we are diving into the first of the responses from the “Men and Openness” survey. The first question I posed to men was: What makes opening up and disclosing your feelings to your wife difficult? Here are the results … 65.52% – I am afraid my wife will become upset by my disclosures. 53.45%…
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Messy Marriage’s 5-Year Blogiversary, Giveaway and WW Linkup
I can’t believe it’s been five years since I had this hare-brained idea that people might resonate with and find comfort in a blog that focused on messy marriage. God has used this blog to not only minister to, hopefully you, our readers, but to my own marriage as well. Sharing my story and other…
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When Storms Come in Marriage – WW Linkup
This past Saturday, my husband and I were excited to celebrate with our oldest son, Jordan, as he married his sweetheart, Sarah at beautiful Sorella Farm in Evington, Virginia. They had planned to have an outdoor ceremony followed by a grand reception in the nearby, decked-out barn. We knew that storms were a possibility on…
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A Newlywed’s Most Important Engagement and WW Linkup!
Exciting things are happening at the Steffaniak household! Our family is growing. No, I am most certainly not pregnant! 😉 But we truly are adding a sweet young lady to our mostly male brood! Yippee! Our oldest son, Jordan, popped the question to Sarah, his sweetie, on Saturday, January 17th. It was a foregone conclusion…
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How to Deal with Nit-Picky Perfectionism in Marriage
Do you ever feel like you can never satisfy your husband because he expects perfection from you? Are you constantly being challenged by your wife to do something her way, and in her opinion, the only right way? Is your marriage beginning to feel like a competition with only one winner? If you answered “yes”…
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When Sinners Say I Do – Book Review and WW Link-up
I’m always on the lookout for a good Christian marriage book and I think I’ve found one in Dave Harvey’s, When Sinners Say I Do. I feel like Harvey’s book reflects so much of the heartbeat here at Messy Marriage—the beauty of God’s redemption in our lives and marriages when we yield to His purposes…
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Is Your Marriage Prepared for the Messiness of Ministry?
A long, long time ago, I can still remember … how that “ministry” used to make me smile?? Recognize the lyrics I altered just a tad? Now, that you’ve got the lovely ear-worm, American Pie, running through your mind, allow me to tell you what I really felt in those early ministry days. My hope…
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