Marriage
To Know and Be Known
As I wrote down my prayer, the ache in my heart formed into these five words, “to know and be known.” Baffled by its meaning, yet fearful of the ramifications, I realized in that moment this was my dream. To know and be known. Several days later as I read one of my devotional booklets,…
But What About ME?
The box in the barn had a few mouse nibbles in the corners, but the contents were surprisingly intact. While sorting through our 25-year pile of stored and forgotten items, I found that most of the things should have been thrown out long ago. But this disintegrating container held a treasure trove. It was a…
The Revelation of God
Ever have one of those meetings God clearly ordained? Either you realize it during the meeting, or after, when the facts have sunk in enough to complete the picture. I’ve had many over the years, but never one so clearly ordained as recently. God even made sure my teen-age daughter was completely occupied, and that’s…
Timing Is Everything
Last night I was checking email, reading blogs and doing my own thing. My husband Tom was in the room with me, watching TV and doing his own thing. Companionable silence, it was nice. Suddenly, out of the blue, he said, “Hey, I don’t really like the way you have your hair right now.” I…
The Journey of Prayer
You’ve prayed for weeks, days, months, and now years for your spouse’s salvation. The prayers aren’t as frequent as before. Instead, a sense of hopelessness has slowly replaced the original fervency of your petitions. You’ve asked so many times, yet God seems to either not hear you or your spouse has an unusually thick skull.…
Life…Interrupted
So often we think we have things under control. Life is going along fine. Then it happens, that one thing you never expected. Or, you saw it coming, but the magnitude far outreaches what you imagined. Is God there? What is He thinking? How can I get through this? My greatest challenge these days is…
The Challenge
The Easter holiday has passed. If you’re like me, you may find this holiday doesn’t hold the meaning you feel it should. So often is the case for many holidays and events in the unequally yoked marriage. I recall a time when my youngest daughter was five years old. I’d picked her up from her…
You’re Not Alone
Scenario #1: You’re reading a faith-based book with the words God and faith in the title. When you put the book down, you’re careful to lay it face down so the title’s not obvious. Or better yet, you stuff it in the drawer you know your spouse never goes into. Scenario #2: Your Bible, it…
An Introduction
Hello, my name is Dineen Miller, and I’m married to an atheist. Sounds like something you’d hear at an AA meeting, doesn’t it? Except this isn’t an addiction with a twelve-step plan to rehabilitation. Unlike an agnostic who neither claims faith nor disbelief, an atheist simply doesn’t believe God exists. There is no afterlife or…
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