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Hi! I am a homeschooling mother of 3 (currently 10, 8 & 1). Parenting is *definitely* hard, and I'm not shy about admitting it when the circumstances are right! I really recommend someone interested in becoming a parent work in church nursery for a while before getting pregnant. It can be a real...

Sorry I haven't been around! We went to WDW after Thanksgiving. Since then, we've had minor health issues with the baby (now 21 months) because she has sinus problems a lot and can't really sleep through the night. Added to that, we have 4 weddings to go to this year, so had to shop for wedding...

I'm confused. You don't agree that STD's are a concern? You don't agree that Biblical culture had an emphasis on family? Or you don't agree that God created marriage to be a picture of His relationship with humanity? Maybe you don't agree that someone making a choice and then sticking to it...

To be honest, I'm not certain that quite follows, historically. Democracy has only recently become an idea that people around the world embraced all at once. Dictatorship has been quite prevalent throughout history. But even in those societies, there were responsible people (otherwise, nothing...

We can talk to God about anything. Yes, I believe He's interested, even though He already knows what we think. For me, it's kinda like my relationship with my children. Even when I already *know* what they want or what they think, I like them to tell me. It keeps lines of communication open...

I tend to agree with this. Responsibility is the fulfilling of obligations. Those obligations are often chosen, but not always (for instance, the responsibility of being a parent when no child was planned). Responsibility is also the act of refusing to add another job when you're already too...

Is marriage counseling ethical? Is any counseling ethical? While there are situations in which it would be wrong to attempt to save a marriage, I wouldn't think those would be the largest portion of clients your friend would see. I think it *is* ethical to at least make the attempt...

Your idea is absolutely ok! I tend to give "consumables" to both kids and adults, so it's both not something that will sit in their house forever, and they know I won't come to their house *looking* for my gift to be prominently displayed/used (tacky, but there are those who do this). For kids...

From what you describe, I can't blame you :( Nowhere does Christ indicate that pride, arrogance or judgment of others is an admirable trait. As a matter of fact, Scripture states that God hates arrogance, the haughtiness goes before a fall, that pride is followed by destruction, and that He will...

The temptation isn't sin, the action of yielding to that temptation is sin. Besides, 1 look (which *isn't* ogling, as you put this, so it's not directed specifically at you) *isn't* sin . . . it's noticing. Continued looking or thinking about her beyond the casual "nice looking woman" is sin...

Here I will have to somewhat disagree with you. If I take a ministry position that I have *not been called to*, I am keeping the person God *is* calling to that position from filling it. I am causing my brother or sister to stumble. I am *very careful*, therefore, to make sure I don't accept a...

Something else . . . like biblical discipleship, perhaps? Rachel

Normal = Sin That's the way we are born. Thus, it is normal & natural to sin. It is only through the power of Christ that we can overcome sin. Whether that sin is harming the body (gluttony, self-harm, tobacco, etc), lust, hatred, lying, disrespect of parents, idols, coveting, or stealing...

My husband is a man. He looks at other women. The idea of sex with anyone but his wife disgusts him (as the idea of having sex with another guy disgusts me), but he *does* look. I look at him and let him know I'm glad everything still works :) I am a woman. I like to talk. I want to know what...

There is seriously no problem here! Especially since you looked at it and realized your mistake :) We *all* bring our own perspective and baggage to any discussion as well as to any relationship we have. Rachel

Men need to "help" their wives "feel like sex" just as much as women need to "help" their husbands "feel like talking". A man needs to give his wife a certain amount of romance to help her feel like sex. A woman needs to give her husband a bit of warning and different topics to help him feel...

Women *do* feel that way. I've had to learn that dh doesn't always think about what he feels, he just deals with whatever situation is at hand. Due to reading the book, I now know that if I ask him what he's thinking about or how he feels about something and he says "I'm not really...

I read Men are Like Waffles, Women are Like Spaghetti (actually heard the authors speak). They say men have a "box" for each type of topic. So, if I need to discuss something, I'll look at dh and say, "Sometime soon, I need us to talk about the kids schooling. Would you let me know when you're...

Dh and I talk about what works/doesn't work for us (not so much about "how do you feel about that" but "how can we make x,y or z work for us as a couple"). I don't know that I ask him to define his feelings all the time. Maybe I've read the "Men are from Mars Women are from Venus" and "Men are...

What has worked for us was to have a daily time when we came together to read some kind of devotional. Sometimes it was the daily reading for our Sunday School class, sometimes it was a page-long written devotional, sometimes it was a Psalm or Proverb or other verse we'd been thinking about...