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3 Lessons and 2 Tips is a series of interviews in which some of my favorite people (and probably some of yours) share three lessons they’ve learned by being married, plus two tips for single people.
This edition features Chris Mueller, a youth minister and speaker from Murrieta, Calif., whose dynamic talks communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a way that resonates with teen and adult audiences. Continue reading “3 Lessons and 2 Tips from Chris Mueller”
This morning, I finished reading Three to Get Married, my first Fulton Sheen book. The first day I cracked it, it didn’t do a lot for me — I frankly thought that what I read was weird.
I didn’t know yet that it would turn out to be the best marriage book I ever have read. In it, Sheen dissects love, marriage and sex in such ways that this book can — and should — change the world. Continue reading “How not to have a mediocre marriage.”
3 Lessons and 2 Tips is a series of interviews in which some of my favorite people (and probably some of yours) share three lessons they’ve learned by being married, plus two tips for single people.
This edition features marriage and family therapist Tommy Tighe, who married his wife on Nov. 3, 2007 and sometimes gives me awards on the internet (Exhibits A and B).
Tommy is a father of three and the creator of The Essential Catholic Hipster Survival Guide — a “silly little blog.” He is gracious today to share some lessons and tips with us:
AS: How did you meet your wife? Continue reading “3 Lessons and 2 Tips from Tommy Tighe”
Yesterday, before dawn cracked, the Son Rise Morning Show called. Its host Matt Swaim asked a question: Will the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage cause a marriage crisis?
And on live radio, I said no.
And I said it because it won’t.
But last Friday, a lot of Christians responded like it would — “as if everything was perfect last Thursday,” one reader wrote on his Facebook page. Continue reading “How to make marriage into what it’s supposed to be.”
“I now pronounce you married.” The notary public smiled while the groom kissed the groom. The crowd behind the couple cheered at one of Florida’s first same-sex weddings, filmed by the local news.
That was six, almost seven months ago, and was the result of the expiration of a stay on the US District Court ruling that said same-sex couples can’t get married here. The stay’s lift was a precursor to the Supreme Court’s decision on June 26 to legalize same-sex marriage.
Which is historic, and kind of causing a ruckus.
People are happy. Cry and kiss your partner happy. Jump out of your seat and shout happy. Happy enough to troll the decision’s critics on the Internet. And people are sad. Cry and pray in quiet chapels sad. Shake your head and pound your fists sad. Sad enough to do a lot of stuff that Jesus wouldn’t. Continue reading “Why same-sex marriage won’t spark a marriage crisis.”