The Bible Study Night

By Dolly | Jun 17, 2008

cloud nightOn the night of the Bible study, it was raining and the lush green trees outside of Todd and Elissa’s house grabbed my attention. As I made my way to the entrance, I stood there for few seconds just to enjoy the cool wet greenery.

When I entered their house, there was a pleasant aroma of food that Elissa had cooked. I couldn’t wait to eat; there is something about the rainy weather makes you hungrier. When we started to eat, the food was just delicious. I smiled inside thinking, “is this party because of my new car?”

The Bible study started, one by one everyone read scriptures from the Bible. In the middle of this study, a girl went into the kitchen and made a cake. I thought, “I wonder how it will taste, I want to eat the cake.” Read more »

Communication is Vital

By Dolly | Jun 8, 2008

Communication has been called the secret of achieving and maintaining unity in marriage. The purpose of communication in marriage is not to get the other partner to agree. However, it is to bring him/her into relationship where uniqueness of each stands in complementary relation to the other partner.

Marriage requires partners to come in agreement for decisions in life. Apart from talking through all the factors which each partner regards as relevant, no genuine agreement can be reached.

A common misevaluation considers marriage as having only two possible states- complacency or crisis. Complacency is a threat to communication beyond the merely superficial, while crisis often precipitates communication of the most real and effective sort. Read more »