Tag: love
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Sometimes the “not my type” person is actually your type
So you’ve had one relationship after another (after another) fail. You meet someone else. And they’re unlike the previous people you go for. “She’s not my type.” Maybe the people who you think are your type aren’t really your type. I’m not saying to be like George Costanza in Seinfeld and just do the opposite…
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The first rule of online dating
This is part of a new series I’m doing in discussing dating, relationships, and marriage from a Christian perspective. Never fall in love with someone you’ve never met. With online dating, it can be easy to quickly get into some very deep conversations with a new person. Maybe you have a few phone calls and…
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I hope your wedding day is the day you love each other the least
I hope your wedding day is the day when you love each other the least. I hope the love is there. But I hope a week, a month, a year, 10 years, 50 years later, that you love each other more than you did on your wedding day. I hope it’s a deeper, richer, fuller…
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Why Christians might want to mingle somewhere besides Christian Mingle
This is part of a new series I’m doing in discussing dating, relationships, and marriage from a Christian perspective. I’m a pastor and I met my wife online. Pretty much 100% of people who know those two things ask, “So did you meet her on Christian Mingle?” I did not (eHarmony, thanks Dr. Warren). Now,…
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The one love language
I’m a huge fan of Dr. Gary Chapman’s book The Five Love Languages. Dr. Chapman is a pastor and marriage counselor, and his love languages is a theory that everyone primarily receives love in one of five ways. The love languages are: Quality time Physical touch Words of affirmation Acts of service Gifts All of the love…
Josh Benner 