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"I feel like I’m doing everything with the kids," Maria told her husband late one evening. Dan didn't hear her exhaustion. He heard an accusation, and he had his defense ready. “Tuesday I did bath time. Wednesday I did pickup. Saturday I took them to soccer.” Every item is true. Maria is silenced, and Dan feels a small surge of satisfaction: case closed. Until a few weeks later, when Dan forgot to call the plumber. Maria produced a text from March in which he promised he woul

There's a scene in Steven Spielberg's new film Disclosure Day in which the heroine, Jane, leads the protagonist to a convent where they can temporarily hide from their pursuers. He is stunned to find that she was once a novitiate. "You lost your faith?" he asks her. "No," she says. "I lost my calling." As Jane realizes, losing your faith and losing your calling are not the same thing. A person can go on believing in the value of their marriage while quietly drifting from the

"It was really interesting to hear you and your friend sharing stories about your lives," our daughter Sophie told Dawna as they drove home. after a walk in the park with Dawna's good friend Lori. "How so?" Dawna asked. "I thought it was cute all the things you said about dad." Dawna smiled. "I make it a point to talk good about my husband behind his back." Marriage is intended to be a visible sign of Christ's love for his church. That means the fruits of our marriage aren't