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When Your Husband Doesn’t Understand You

 When women and men’s brains were hooked up to a computer to measure their internal response after they heard a sad story, almost six times as many neurons were affected in women’s brains as compared to men’s. That scientific fact can help your marriage. God made women with neurons that respond to emotional situations. Think…

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Safe-Guarding Against Affairs

 Affairs are happening everywhere. I hardly go a week without hearing about someone who has had an affair and now the marriage is in crisis. Couples can forgive a lot, but this breach of trust seems to be the one that draws a line in the sand and is the most difficult marriage violation to…

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She Can Laugh at the Days to Come

 Proverbs 31 has so much wisdom packed in it that we must give ourselves to combing through it slowly. (I have never seen an essay on womanhood that can touch Proverbs 31.)  Today we will talk about verse 25b that says “she can laugh at the days to come.” Notice the writer didn’t say “smile”.…

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Wife School Online–A NEW 27-Week Course

 Enroll in Wife School Online, a NEW 27-week Course, starting October 9, 2013.  This course will quantumly transform your marriage forever!  And it’s free. You took algebra in school. You take tennis lessons to improve your backhand. But for the most important relationship on earth (your marriage), you wing it. In 27 weeks, you can…

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About Julie

 Julie Gordon graduated from the University of Memphis with a degree in Journalism in 1976. After reading Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis) and Evidence That Demands a Verdict (Josh McDowell) in 1980, Julie became a Christian and the world as she knew it, was turned upside down. In 1983, Julie received a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Counseling from the University of…

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The Unattractive and Hidden “Not-Enough” in Women

 The “not-enough” that I will discuss today is not the usual “not-enough”. The usual “not-enoughs” that women say they struggle with are in the areas of money, time, and energy. Today’s “not-enough” is more dangerous because we are often unaware of its presence. The “not-enough” being discussed today is in the mental/emotional arena. We women…

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How to Keep Affection High in Your Marriage

 If you have read Wife School; Where Women Learn the Secrets of Making Husbands Happy, you know that there are 8 A’s women are to deposit into their husband’s tanks (souls)–A’s that make men ridiculously happy in the marriage (Acceptance, Admiration, Appreciation, Attention, Activities, Approval, Affection (sex and Authority). If you have fallen into a…

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My Favorite Person

 My favorite person in the whole world, my wonderful husband! For Valentine’s Day in 1998, David took me to breakfast and read me the following story that he had written. It was the story of our courtship. It was and still is, my favorite gift that he’s ever given me. We framed it and it…

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My Magnum Opus

 Psalm 127:3   “Children are a blessing and a gift from the LORD.”  Just like you, I adore my children.  Pictured from left to right, they are: Joseph, 24, Benjamin, 19, Samuel, 17, Jonathan, 22, Trent (son-in-law) 36, Elizabeth, 27 Stephen, 26. I asked them to write either three sentences or three paragraphs about our marriage from their perspective.  Here is what they wrote: Elizabeth: “There is no question that the marriage your parents have influences their children- and I am certainly no exception. By watching my mother treat my father as the “king of the house”, I have learned unconditional respect, submissiveness, encouragement, and wisdom. My father always put my…

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Welcome!

 Welcome to my website and blog. My calling from the Lord at this time is to help women in three specific issues: marriage, weight/health, and overcoming discouragement. My first book, Wife School: Where Women Learn the Secrets of Making Husbands Happy, is now available at Amazon.com and other online booksellers. Few things thrill me more than to help a woman…

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