Marriages

Couples Lack ‘Quality Time’ Together

May 3, 2007

Author Mira Krishenbaum believes couples divorce not because of their irreconcilable differences, but because they don’t spend enough quality time together. She speaks all about this in her book, The Weekend Marriage: Abundant Love in a Time-Starved World, which has received some very positive reviews. Krishenbaum’s view goes against some who feel that when couples [...]

Lower Divorce Rates with Covenant Marriage?

February 20, 2007

Making divorce harder just might have adverse effects. An Oklahoma lawmaker is trying to curtail the state’s high divorce rate by making it harder for couples to split. The new law would completely ban incompatibility as grounds for divorce. Many experts believe covenant marriage will not reduce the high divorce rates, but rather make divorce [...]

Loveless Marriages

February 19, 2007

Are people choosing to stay in loveless marriages instead of divorcing? Perhaps staying together is easier than breaking up. There are a lot of long term negative effects to staying with a spouse you no longer love. How do you adequately weigh the costs vs. the benefits of staying together in a loveless marriage vs. [...]

Is Being Married Good for Your Health?

February 6, 2007

Some experts say marriage lowers your stress levels and reduces your heart-failure rate. But when you add in the stress of the in-laws, children, and everything else that marriage brings with it-good or bad-some believe single people tend to be healthier than their married counterparts. I personally think you are better off in a healthy [...]

Military Spouses

February 6, 2006

With the military divorce rate being as high as it’s been, U.S. Army chaplains are working to teach troops how to choose the right spouse through a program called " How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk".  Military marriages are under a lot of stress these days with repeated deployments and other life-altering changes while overseas. [...]

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