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I am happy to concede that I may have been rather harsh with the fellow who suffers chronic tea deficiency due to the selfishness of his wife. I apologise if feelings were hurt (although, seriously, making a quick brew isn’t that hard, assuming you have running water in your home and a kettle, and there’s [...]

A week or so ago I received some advice that knocked me off course and disorientated me. Reflecting on their words, I found myself wandering around, wondering if I really had got everything wrong. I pondered on the advice and criticised myself for not being a dictator. And then, when I was done, I decided [...]

Do you know, I’m getting rather tired of the near constant chatter that husbands and wives are enemies? The mockery of marriage amongst work colleagues, perhaps, is only to be expected, where phrases like “getting tied down” abound; the night before one’s wedding described as “the last night of freedom”. To encounter the enmity of [...]

“Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal. It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one to make it a failure. Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.” Source: “Food for Thought”, LESSON OF [...]

“When a husband and his wife look at each other lovingly, God will look at them with His merciful eye. When they hold hands, their sins will fall away from between their fingers. When they spend time together they will be surrounded by prayerful angels. For every sensation of their delight there is a counterpart [...]