Marriage Articles

How Is C.H.A.I.R.S. The Key to Having More Meaningful Conversations With Your Husband?

What Do You Think When You Hear “Happy Wife, Happy Life”?

What Do You Think When You Hear “Happy Wife, Happy Life”?

You’ve probably heard the phrase “happy wife, happy life” before. Maybe it’s in the context of something simple, like choosing what restaurant to eat at or not leaving dirty clothes on the bathroom floor.

Why Does a Wife Not Hear That Her Husband Needs Respect?

Why Does a Wife Not Hear That Her Husband Needs Respect?

The idea of unconditional respect for the husband has always been the Love and Respect message’s unique feature, based on Ephesians 5:33. Many books stress Paul’s instruction for husbands to love their wives (“each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself . . .”), but few spend equal space if any at all, to the rest of the verse (“. . . and the wife must respect her husband”).

How Is C.H.A.I.R.S. The Key to Having More Meaningful Conversations With Your Husband?

How Is C.H.A.I.R.S. The Key to Having More Meaningful Conversations With Your Husband?

Many wives share disappointment that their husbands rarely talk to them at a deeper level. “Emerson, when we were dating, we used to talk long into the night getting to really know each other. What happened to him?”

Are You Humbly Voicing a Need or Formalizing a Complaint?

Are You Humbly Voicing a Need or Formalizing a Complaint?

In the beginning, after God had created Adam and placed him in the garden to cultivate it, He said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him” (Genesis 2:18).

What Does Love and Respect Enable a Wife and Husband to Do?

What Does Love and Respect Enable a Wife and Husband to Do?

In the Bible, we find two realities to which we are to respond: God’s commands and God’s promises. God calls us to obey His commands and trust His promises. Most of us have sung the song "Trust and Obey,” which captures these two quintessential truths.

Are You Humbly Voicing a Need or Formalizing a Complaint?

What Does Love and Respect Enable a Wife and Husband to Do?

Two Aims in the Bedroom: Avoiding Avoidance and Appealing Without Demanding

Two Aims in the Bedroom: Avoiding Avoidance and Appealing Without Demanding

Many couples long for closeness but quietly struggle with distance - not because they've stopped loving each other, but because they've stopped feeling safe to talk about what they truly need.

Why Some Choose to Forgive a Spouse—And How They Do It

Why Some Choose to Forgive a Spouse—And How They Do It

This extended webinar, led by Emerson Eggerichs, explores why and how some choose to forgive their spouse, drawing from the powerful example of Erika Kirk’s forgiveness of her husband’s murderer.

Crazy Cycle Question and Answer

Crazy Cycle Question and Answer

Emerson explores the dynamics of marital conflict through his concept of the "Crazy Cycle," also responding to participant's questions.

“Ouch! You’re Stepping on My Air Hose!”

“Ouch! You’re Stepping on My Air Hose!”

Have you ever had a conflict or argument with your spouse when suddenly the issue didn’t seem to be the real issue, and the spirit of your spouse visibly deflated? You might be standing on their air hose. Join Emerson in this video presentation as he discusses this topic.