The Spiritual Contract of Marriage

From a faith perspective, in order for a marriage to succeed and have longevity, the bride and groom should also make a spiritual contract which includes their Creator, in addition to the civil contract. Shared values and faith, and a recognition that marriage is more than the sum of two human individuals will give strength to the vows when feelings wane and the tendency to hold unforgiveness begins.

Types of Marriage Counseling

Counseling helps couples to rediscover themselves and their love for each other. They arrive at this realization only after numerous counseling sessions. Family counseling or therapy is a method that deals with crisis situations when it is vital that the extended family comes together to support the couple undergoing the stress and strain. The problems in the marriage affect the family and the children. It is important for the counselor to advice the family so that they can deal with the stress with more understanding.

Marriage Counseling Jobs

A marriage counselor can provide advice and manage to keep estranged couples together. There is a rise in the need for marriage counselors today with the rise in number of documented divorces. To practice as a counselor, a postgraduate with a certificate in counseling from a recognized university is a must. To be nationally certified by the National Board for Certified Counselors, the counselor needs to also have two years of work experience in addition to the master's degree, in a similar capacity.

The Marriage Partnership

Marriage... It definitely works best when you approach it as a partnership! Let me explain. My husband, John, and I have been married now for over 7 years. We are a unique couple in that we both are strong artists and have strong wills and ideas but we approach things very differently. In fact, we come from opposite sides of the river!

How To Keep a Marriage

It requires a lot of self-denial and determination. Its hardship sometimes makes a woman cry and for a period of time she even seems to be going nowhere, as if she is loosing out for some reason.

Silver Screen Suggestions for Love and Marriage

In matters of the heart, you can always look to the magic of motion pictures for romantic inspiration for your first date, Valentine’s Day, a wedding anniversary, or anything in between. Many of the elements surrounding love and marriage are out of your control – fighting in-laws, nervous groomsmen, malfunctioning equipment – but it’s completely within your power to add silver screen romance to your courtship, wedding, honeymoon, and marriage.

Saving My Marriage - 4 Action Steps You Can Take to Turn Your Marriage from Rocky to Rock Solid

Saving My Marriage - 37% of all marriages in the U.S. in 2007 will end in divorce will yours be one of them? Discover 4 simple action steps you can take right now to get your marriage off of shifting sand and onto solid ground.

Making My Marriage Work - Should You Lock Up the Kids and Get Out the Saran Wrap?

Making My Marriage Work - Should you lock up the kids and get out the saran wrap? Discover the 4 easy steps to turning any marriage from rocky to rock solid.

Arranged Marriages - That Was Not

Such a wonderful match, both th families too anxious to get it over with, too much of anticipation, too good to be true and then they stopped breathing! Is that true?

Arranged Marriages - Intercaste

Bride and groom forces the parents to accept them. Or else! Face the music. Accepting the inevitable, the entire family surrender to an unconditional Arranged Marriage.

Bridal Shower Games: A Prelude to Marriage!

Bridal showers can have themes, such as kitchen themes, where not only is a kitchen item given, a recipe is given along with it. In a situation where kitchen items are not needed, a recipe AND the ingredients needed for the dish are a perfect gift.

Is Marriage Relevant

Some argue that marriage is so wrapped up in religion that it should be abolished. This gay man disagrees.

Common Marriage Problems can be Fuelled by Insecurity

It’s amazing how seemingly insignificant and common marriage problems can be built up out of all proportion through the sheer fact that one or both partners feel insecure. Insecurity can eat away at you, leaving you with a marriage without trust and a sitting target for normally routine and relatively harmless common marriage problems.

How to Give More Thought to Your Marriage and Weave a Tapestry of Love

On our wedding day more than 24 years ago, the priest's homily compared our marriage-to-be with a tapestry that we would weave every day. We heard a secret that day, but did not realize it at the time. The secret involves that tapestry and how it was woven. Before you can understand that that secret, you need to review something very basic about how human relationships are woven together.

Quilts and Successful Marriages

A successful marriage is like making a quilt. Much time, engery, sacrifice and patience are needed. Just as quilts are often displayed for the value, so should couples exhibit characerisitics that make their life together worthwhile.