Dr. Carol Peters-Tanksley
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3 Things Not to Do When You Feel Disconnected From Your Spouse
When you got married, you were hoping the fireworks between you would continue. The bond was real, and it felt good. But life happens, and now you feel disconnected from your spouse. What do you do now? That disconnection usually starts small. He says something that irritates you. She doesn’t respond in the way you …
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Your Secret Supernatural Keys to Truly Understanding Your Spouse
You fell in love. You said “I do.” You thought you knew the person you were planning to make a life with. And then one day you look at the person in the bed next to you and wonder, Where did you come from? Understanding your spouse’s heart becomes increasingly important the longer you’re married. …
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3 Spiritual Steps to Take When People Disappoint You
Did you know that happiness research is a “thing?” For the past few decades researchers have looked at what determines how happy people are. It’s not primarily money, where you live, or even health. More critical than any of those is the quality of your closest personal relationships such as those with family and friends. …
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Why God Says It’s OK to Ask Why
For as long as human beings have tried to survive in a sinful world, they have asked why. The problem of good and evil is perhaps the biggest of all questions, and when you lose a loved one, it becomes intensely personal. How can you reconcile a good God with the badness of what you’re …
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The Secret Ingredient That Can Make Your Marriage Work
The trash didn’t get taken out—again. His underwear is there on the floor—again. She was late getting ready—again. He didn’t listen—again. She made an excuse to say no—again. Should you have to put up with this? Because marriage is the union of two sinners, your spouse will fail you. Repeatedly. And yet marriage can be …
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Your Heb. 12:2 Reminder in Times of Pain and Problems
Some suffering is unnecessary. Suffering that we bring on ourselves through our sin and brokenness means that if our actions change, our suffering can change. But not all suffering is “unnecessary.” How do you handle the suffering you cannot avoid? There was a lot of response to my previous article “How to Escape Unnecessary Suffering.” …
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5 Life-Changing Steps to Take if You’ve Messed Up in Your Marriage
Marriage is the union of two sinners. You can be sure your spouse will mess up; that’s what sinners do. And the same goes for you. Whether you knew better or not, you will fail your husband or wife in some way, perhaps in many ways. So what do you do if you messed up …
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2 Essential Steps Toward Being More Like Jesus
What would it mean to be like Jesus? That is what He promised, after all. That’s the point. The whole goal of our existence on earth, the purpose of all God has done and is doing, is to restore you and me to the way He originally created us to be. Humankind was originally created …
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In Your Journey Through Grief, You’ll Never Walk Alone
They say you’re never supposed to start a story with “The phone rang,” but the phone did ring, waking me from an exhausted sleep at 2:00 a.m. My husband’s son had stayed with him at the hospital to allow me a few hours at home. Now I heard this voice say, “You need to come …
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Would a Good Christian Ever Ask God ‘Why’?
For as long as human beings have tried to survive in a sinful world, they have asked, “Why?” The problem of good and evil is one of the biggest of all questions. As I talk about in my just-released book The Christian’s Journey Through Grief, when you lose a loved one, this becomes intensely personal. …
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5 Life-Changing Questions Every Married Person Should Ask
Ask the wrong questions, and you’ll get answers that are misleading at best and possibly harmful. Ask better questions, and you’ll get much more helpful answers. There are some questions every married person should ask that can significantly change both your satisfaction and your success in your most important human relationship. Some spouses primarily ask, …
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10 Soothing Scriptures for Your Journey Through Grief
Death hurts. A lot! The testimony of Scripture and of Christians during the last 2000+ years is that believing in Jesus does not eliminate grief. Death is an enemy. Whether it’s the death of a loved one or some other serious loss, the Bible has a lot to say about death and grief. This week …
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How You Can Have a No-Regrets Marriage
Marriage is for our benefit here on earth. Marriage can sometimes seem endless and tedious, but it is temporary. And when it’s over you will want to be able to look back without regrets. Every now and then you see a story or video about a couple who was married for many decades and died …
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How You Can Find Hope, Even in Your Valley of Grief
My new book The Christian’s Journey Through Grief released May 7, 2019. Today, I’m sharing the introduction to my new book. I hope you enjoy! “Death, you may think you have won. Yes, the wounds you have inflicted are deep. And we will mourn as we nurse those wounds. But in truth you have lost …
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The Marriage SCENE You Must Move Beyond
Today’s Western culture is often less than helpful or friendly to long-term Christian marriage. Few believers would dispute that, and you would probably agree that marriage is more like a marathon than a sprint. Yet so many marriages dissolve into misery, or even end. Understanding the SCENE in your marriage provides some fascinating perspective. This …
