Category: Spiritual Mismatch

• How to Improve the Connection in Your Marriage

  

  A good connection and closeness in marriage is always the desired goal, right? But in this time of an unrelenting quarantine, connection and closeness can sometimes feel less like holding hands and more like hand-cuffs! 😉 We have little to no time to pull away and experience other connections that help to fuel our desire to […]

  BethSteffaniak

  April 19, 2020

  About Me, Affection, Affirmation, Alienation, Bible Study, Bonding, Boundaries, Choices, Christ-Centered, Commitment, Communication, Confession, Connection, Connection Inventory, Connection Toolkit, Conversation, Dates with Mates, Devotion, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith in God, Forgiveness, Insight for 2020 Series, Intimacy, Love, Love for God, Love of God, Marriage, Marriage Spark, Oneness, Openness, Positive Focus, Prayer, Priorities, Resentments, Romance, Selfishness, Sex & Sexuality, Spiritual Mismatch, Spiritual Practices, Togetherness, Unity, Vulnerability, Withdrawal

  Affection, Affirmation, Bible, Connection, Intimacy, Inventory, Marriage, Oneness, Prayer, Scripture, Sex, Togetherness, Unity

• The Unfair Task of Making God Priority Over Your Mate

  

  Ever find yourself frustrated or even embarrassed by your mate’s devotion to God? Or maybe it’s your own spiritual fervor that your mate feels bothered and/or intimidated by. Maybe you both feel like your marriage is faltering, even though you’ve focused intense energy on each other and your family. So it just doesn’t add up […]

  BethSteffaniak

  June 17, 2018

  Acceptance, Alienation, Avoidance, Christ-Centered, Commitment, Conflict, Differences, Discouragement, Expectations, Faith in God, Marriage, Perseverance, Perspective, Positive Focus, Prayer, Priorities, Realistic Expectations, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Mismatch, Spiritual Practices, Spiritual Warfare, Spiritually Unequal, Unfair Realities in Marriage, Withdrawal

  Devotion, Devotion to God, Division, Jealousy, Priority, Resentment, Retaliation, Trust God

• Coming Out as a Christian to Your Unbelieving Spouse

  

  I’m excited to have yet another edition of “Picking Hubby’s Brain” as we endeavor to answer one of the many questions we’ve been given from you our readers/viewers on how to navigate challenges in marriage. This husband’s question deals with “change” and in particular dealing with a drastic change in marriage, moving from atheism to […]

  BethSteffaniak

  April 17, 2016

  Acceptance, Attitude, Authenticity, Avoidance, Bonding, Change, Christ-Centered, Communication, Confession, Conflict, Differences, Encouragement, Faith in God, Fear, Love for God, Marriage, Openness, Positive Focus, Respect, Spiritual Mismatch, Truth, Vulnerability

  Atheism, Belief Systems, Change, Christianity, Confession, Courage, Faith in God, Fear, Truth, Vulnerability

• Loving God Helps Me Love My Husband

  Today’s post is written by Dineen Miller from Spiritually Unequal Marriage – a place where you’ll “find practical help and encouragement to thrive in your spiritually unequal marriage.” I will tell you, in all honesty, that I cannot love my husband in my own strength. It’s not possible. I tried to for a many years […]

  BethSteffaniak

  May 30, 2012

  Imperfect Prose, Love, Love for God, Spiritual Mismatch, Spiritually Unequal, Women Living Well

• A Difference that Divides

  Differences can divide us, making our marriages messy and full of pain … especially when those differences are spiritual or faith-based. God clearly reminds us that our faith can be a stumbling block to those who don’t believe (Rom. 9:31-33). And the Apostle Paul warns us against being “yoked together” with unbelievers (2 Cor. 6:14). […]

  BethSteffaniak

  August 31, 2011

  Faith in God, Mess Makers, Spiritual Mismatch