Tag: Marriage
SmartLoving: The Honey-Do List standoff
Wondering how to get your husband to do the household jobs you really care about? Or how to get your wife to stop nagging and micromanaging? If so, SmartLoving’s Francine and Byron Pirola have some ideas to help you.
Marriage amendment narrowly defeated
In the first three months since sex self-identification came into force in NSW, close to 800 people changed the sex on their birth certificate. An amendment to the law that would ensure ministers of religion weren’t deceived into performing same-sex marriages by a couple using an altered birth certificate was narrowly defeated in a 16-20 vote in October.
Echoes from childhood can be paths to growth in marriage
The family is where we first encounter love and learn to relate with others. In many hidden ways our earliest bonds influence love and trust in our adult relationships.
Philippa Martyr: Let’s try that again
If you’re not prepared to find out why a divorce is in the works, and to offer what help and support you can, do you really have any right to pontificate about it? Asks Philippa Martyr.
Theology of the body: a message for our time
Dr Christopher West’s message rings with renewed urgency and hope. “We have the antidote to the crisis of our times in our hands, but it hasn’t yet really been injected into the bloodstream of the Body of Christ, of the church, and that’s the work of the Theology of the Body Institute.”
When divorce is the lesser evil
Divorce harms children. You know what else harms children? Staying together in a high-conflict marriage “for the sake of the children”.
SmartLoving: Three tools for better conflict
very marriage has conflict. Two imperfect people sharing a home and dealing with all the pressures of modern life? It’s inevitable! But conflict doesn’t have to be destructive.
LMF Sunday: A celebration of marriage, family, and resilience
For Antonella and Daniel Mifsud, Life Marriage and Family (LMF) Sunday is a chance to remember what matters most. “It’s an opportunity to renew our marriage vows, and it’s a time for reflection on our marriage,” said Antonella.
SmartLoving: Embracing hope in our marriage
How letting go of expectations opens us to God's grace and helps fuel the virtue of hope in our lives and marriage.
Pope Francis: hidden ambiguity, surprising clarity
Our great pastoral struggle as priests and shepherds of people’s souls is knowing which approach at a point in time might best bring about their authentic spiritual development given the circumstances of their lives and capacity for grace.
SmartLoving: Role models for marriage
How can we inspire young people to embrace stable, loving marriages when so many grow up without seeing them?
SmartLoving: Leaving and cleaving is complicated!
When we marry, we each bring a mental picture of what a spouse ‘should’ be - how a husband should act, what a wife should do, or what family life should look like. These images aren’t formed in a vacuum; they’re rooted in our family of origin.
