Marriage
Book Blog 16: Cross Your Heart
What happens if you cross your heart with your right hand, and cross your fingers with your left? Do you still have to keep your promise? What if you’re really mad at the person with whom you’ve made the agreement? Can you get out of it then? The Wild Thing of Proverbs 7 thought so. [...]
20Jul2010 | Mary Kassian | 0 comments | Continued
The Case Against Marriage
The Newsweek article represents what may be the most direct journalistic attack on marriage in our times. Though only an op-ed column, it presents arguments that had to date been made largely, if not exclusively, outside of mainstream circles. Consider this column an opening salvo in a battle to finish marriage off, once and for all.
25Jun2010 | Guest Author | 2 comments | Continued
Say “I Do” to the Name Change
The Globe and Mail recently suggested that women who get married should say “I don’t” to changing their name. It cited new research from the Netherlands, which demonstrates that a woman who assumes her partner’s name upon marriage is regarded as more emotional, less intelligent, less competent and less ambitious.
2May2010 | Mary Kassian | 16 comments | Continued
Better-than-Seinfeld Marriage Advice
Jerry Seinfeld has come up with a reality TV show that outdoes all others in the ridiculous department… with a pointless show featuring celebrities advising other celebrities on how to handle their marriage and relationship woes. My advice? Don’t bother tuning in. I’ve got some marriage tips for you from a real pro.
19Apr2010 | Mary Kassian | 6 comments | Continued
Super Bowl – Super Question
My husband drove to his home town to watch the Super Bowl with his Dad. He left me at home on the couch nursing a cold. Although I had little interest in the game — and couldn’t have even told you which teams were playing, I flicked on the game to watch the commercials and [...]
7Feb2010 | Mary Kassian | 5 comments | Continued
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #19: Sustainability
Have you noticed how prevalent disrespect toward men has become? In the sixties, women complained that men victimized and disrespected them. Now the tables have turned. Our sons, husbands, fathers, and men-friends are subjected to malicious jokes and attitudes that wouldn’t be tolerated toward any other group. Women portray them asselfish, lazy, inconsiderate, hormone-crazed buffoons. They gleefully slander and tear them down simply because they are male.
1Dec2009 | Mary Kassian | 1 comment | Continued
Wise vs. Wild Contrast #9: Roles
It used to be that the girls waited for the guys to call them. A female phoning a male was very forward and inappropriate. Social etiquette stipulated that the male was the pursuer. But the feminist movement changed all that. Women became the pursuers.
16Oct2009 | Mary Kassian | 8 comments | Continued
“Learn to put up with a few things!â€
Last week, I had my mom and dad over for supper. I mentioned to them that we should start thinking about how to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary, which is coming up next spring.
“Sixty years . . .,” my mom exclaimed, turning to my dad and giving him an affectionate hug, “Imagine that! You’ve put [...]
Secrets of 50-Year Marriages
Recently, Homemakers.com published an article on The Secrets of 50-Year Marriages. The author, 38 year-old Amy Pulsifer, has had “three failed attempts at wedded bliss.” So she admits having a vested interest in finding out whether fulfilling, long-term marriages are even possible for our generation. Pulsifer interviewed six couples, “Real experts, who have been there [...]
23Jul2009 | Mary Kassian | 2 comments | Continued
Fighting Fair! (Or “Never Throw Meatloaf Spirals!â€)
I couldn’t believe it. Moments ago I was sitting at the kitchen table ready to sink my teeth into a huge plate of PMS-magic-cheese-stuffed meatloaf glazed in bar-b-cue sauce, mashed potatoes, corn and a freshly baked blueberry muffin! I’d been on the road for almost a week and came home extra tired, but feeling like [...]
22Jul2009 | Dannah Gresh | 0 comments | Continued
On Doormats, Brain Trashing and Blow Up Dolls
I got a big kick out of the comments floating around the blogosphere after the True Woman conference last October. Many were astonished that anyone could possibly believe in the Bible’s directives for a Christian wife to cultivate a submissive spirit… They concluded that the only people who would promote such an outrageous, horribly outdated notion are selfish, abusive, boorish men, or terribly misguided women who are passive, docile, and slightly brain-dead… a few bulbs short of a chandelier, so to speak.
5May2009 | Mary Kassian | 11 comments | Continued
Work it Out, Girl!
On his recently-released CD Storiez, Christian rapper shai linne encourages women to work out their womanhood in a radical, counter-cultural way. In Work it Out,” the Philadelphia-born artist contrasts the Bible’s vision of the Gospel-transformed woman with the sexualized, narcissistic and radically individualistic woman of pop culture.
4Apr2009 | Mary Kassian | 2 comments | Continued
Love is a Choice
This past summer, at my son’s wedding, I found myself reminding him of the words my mother spoke to me at my wedding, and many times since:Â “Always remember that love is a choice.”
The dictionary defines love as “a feeling of warm personal attachment or strong affection.” Â But if love is primarily a feeling, then [...]
Only What is Helpful for Building
His mother was not home, but the young boy wanted to draw, so he got out the bottles of ink himself. His sister agreed to pose for him. In his eagerness and excitement, the young artist made an inky mess of his hands, clothes, table and floor. Just as he was finishing his work, his mother returned, and for a moment, stood in the door and silently took the scene in. Then, instead of scolding him, she picked up the portrait and declared, “What a beautiful picture of your sister!” and kissed him.
7Nov2008 | Mary Kassian | 1 comment | Continued
Love to Listen
Listening is an active process involving more than just the ears. The Chinese character for the verb “to listen” contains the symbols for ear, eyes, heart, and undivided attention. Active listening involves giving our undivided attention – hearing with our ears, observing carefully with our eyes, and understanding with our hearts.
3Nov2008 | Mary Kassian | 1 comment | Continued
Curse of the Good Girl
The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment
Authentic Beauty
Girls Gone Skank
Thrill of the Chaste
Re-imagining God in the Shack
