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Did Bathsheba matter? This past Sunday, on my Facebook page, I shared a quote from Diane Langberg’s book, Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church. The quote read, “King David was Bathsheba’s Harvey Weinstein.” In the caption, I added, “Somewhere in a church today, there’s a sermon about David and Bathsheba, and it…
What does it mean to be intentional in your marriage? He said I was a snob. We were on our first date. Well, “two church friends chatting over tea and fries” as our missionary fundamentalist church didn’t allow dating. The friendship didn’t last, but the idea that to be clear-eyed = snobbish did. And although…
Should husbands submit to their wives? I recently shared reasons why some women no longer believe in the idea of wife-only submission. Wife-only submission is a relationship dynamic where the husband does not submit to his wife but instead “takes on a leadership role” but the wife submits to the husband. The post resonated with…
What if my husband doesn’t know he’s hurting me? “Some men grow up in dysfunction. Their inner world is so up-side down they don’t know how “healthy” looks like. What if my husband is just repeating behavior he witnessed growing up? What if he doesn’t know?” Women in hurting marriages sometimes struggle with these questions….
Recently, on Facebook, I shared my experience with wife-only submission and why my husband and I changed our minds. I used to believe in women-only submission, and I thought it was a universal Christian practice that women submit to their husbands. In our marriage, though, my husband and I practiced partnership. While chatting/supporting other couples,…
How do you plan for the new year when planning leaves you exhausted mentally and emotionally? I’m typing this a few days after Christmas. I’m happy. And depleted. The holidays can be complicated. We had my husband’s side of family visiting from out of state. Their gentle presence was exactly what my soul needed: good…