Nobody wants to think
about divorce when they are thinking about getting married.
In a culture with high divorce rates and widespread concerns about the fragility of marriage, perhaps it is hard not to have some thoughts
about divorce when problems and disappointments arise in marriage.
I know it is hard to think
about divorce when those around you disapprove.
No one talks
about divorce when a marriage is solid, stable and happy.
No one wants to think
about divorce when they are getting married.
And I am also cognizant that they are parents to two young children, Apple, 9, and Moses, 7 — most of us have feelings
about divorce when the couple's children are so young.
For instance, one survey of pastoral care counselors — 62 percent of whom are mainline clergy — found that only 50 percent are more cautious
about divorce when children are involved, in contrast to 74 percent of secularly trained family psychiatrists.
David — because it's seems disingenuous (to me at least) to say that this isn't
about a divorce when the entire narrative context is in fact about a divorce.
Another wife, who talked
about divorcing when her children were young, says now, «He is my soul mate.
Not exact matches
Having a conversation
about what you want if things don't work out as planned often helps couples have a more reasonable discussion
when divorce hits.
They say in any
divorce there is a moment
when you have to raise your eyes up to the horizon line and start thinking
about what comes next.
When the co-owners talk
about divorce, employees understandably worry and feel stressed
about the future of the business and their jobs.
If you know anything
about Robbins's personal story, however, you might know that his childhood was pretty rough: His parents
divorced when he was 7 years old.
Her parents, Sheila and Bill Gregory,
divorced when she was
about 4, leaving her largely in the care of her mother.
When he had to squeeze extra floors into a new building, he called Sandy Lindenbaum, a zoning - law guru who called himself «the last of the gunslingers»; when he needed the New Jersey Casino Control Commission to see things his way, he turned to Atlantic City fixture Nick Ribis; when he wanted to divorce Ivana (and, later on, her successor, Marla Maples), he retained Jay Goldberg, a self - described «killer» who says he can «rip skin off a body»; when it was tax time, he reversed decades of bragging about his billions and had tax attorneys say his properties were worth only a fraction of what he had publicly proclaimed (an ongoing tax appeal in Chicago declares Trump Tower Chicago «a failed business»); when he was in the market for a troubleshooter, he hired Michael Cohen, who has threatened journalists who've written about Trump with bodily h
When he had to squeeze extra floors into a new building, he called Sandy Lindenbaum, a zoning - law guru who called himself «the last of the gunslingers»;
when he needed the New Jersey Casino Control Commission to see things his way, he turned to Atlantic City fixture Nick Ribis; when he wanted to divorce Ivana (and, later on, her successor, Marla Maples), he retained Jay Goldberg, a self - described «killer» who says he can «rip skin off a body»; when it was tax time, he reversed decades of bragging about his billions and had tax attorneys say his properties were worth only a fraction of what he had publicly proclaimed (an ongoing tax appeal in Chicago declares Trump Tower Chicago «a failed business»); when he was in the market for a troubleshooter, he hired Michael Cohen, who has threatened journalists who've written about Trump with bodily h
when he needed the New Jersey Casino Control Commission to see things his way, he turned to Atlantic City fixture Nick Ribis;
when he wanted to divorce Ivana (and, later on, her successor, Marla Maples), he retained Jay Goldberg, a self - described «killer» who says he can «rip skin off a body»; when it was tax time, he reversed decades of bragging about his billions and had tax attorneys say his properties were worth only a fraction of what he had publicly proclaimed (an ongoing tax appeal in Chicago declares Trump Tower Chicago «a failed business»); when he was in the market for a troubleshooter, he hired Michael Cohen, who has threatened journalists who've written about Trump with bodily h
when he wanted to
divorce Ivana (and, later on, her successor, Marla Maples), he retained Jay Goldberg, a self - described «killer» who says he can «rip skin off a body»;
when it was tax time, he reversed decades of bragging about his billions and had tax attorneys say his properties were worth only a fraction of what he had publicly proclaimed (an ongoing tax appeal in Chicago declares Trump Tower Chicago «a failed business»); when he was in the market for a troubleshooter, he hired Michael Cohen, who has threatened journalists who've written about Trump with bodily h
when it was tax time, he reversed decades of bragging
about his billions and had tax attorneys say his properties were worth only a fraction of what he had publicly proclaimed (an ongoing tax appeal in Chicago declares Trump Tower Chicago «a failed business»);
when he was in the market for a troubleshooter, he hired Michael Cohen, who has threatened journalists who've written about Trump with bodily h
when he was in the market for a troubleshooter, he hired Michael Cohen, who has threatened journalists who've written
about Trump with bodily harm.
It is often said that those who are concerned
about the social and personal effects of
divorce are nostalgic for the 1950s, yearning for a mythical time
when....
Our re-connection is not important but what I wanted to tell you is that
when I told the wife
about this thread, and that «Tony Jones» ex-wife is telling her story... I guess they got
divorced?
Colina — What David said is true — you keep trying to control the narrative by pulling the conversation back to it being
about a «
divorce»,
when nobody really talked
about that at all until you initially brought it up, then David addressed it (everyone else ignored it because obviously they weren't interested in the «sordid details»), and you again directed the conversation (attempted to direct it) right BACK to an over simplification of it being
about the
divorce between two people!
When Christians are ready to follow Jesus» teaching on
divorce, we can then begin to talk
about what the rest of the Bible says
about homosexuality.
Jesus made that exact point
when asked
about a bill of
divorce.
But if it doesn't — like
when it talks
about the anger of God, or repentance, or gay sex, or
divorce — then we can emphasise its humanness, point out the limited knowledge of the writer, explain how they came to be so silly, and move beyond the text to a supposedly higher ethical standard.
It is important to remember
when Jesus is teaching
about adultery in Matthew chapter 19 that what he is saying is that if someone
divorces for any reason other than adultery that the offending party has only two choices reconcile with their spouse or remain single and live as a widow the rest of their days.
Jesus gave a clear thought
about what marriage should look like.The one warning He gave was for a man to give his a written notice of
divorce if his wife commits fornication.And the only thing the bible speaks against is
when some wears tardy clothes as a sign of gayism and the bible refutes that tremendiously.
Joe and I actually made a new vow
when we signed our
divorce papers, «to speak and act in loving ways toward one another and
about one another,» for the sake of the children and for our own wholeness, for the rest of our lives.
When free speech is
divorced from God, people feel they have the right to say any mean and nasty thing they want
about other people.
He gave priority to love of God and neighbor
when questioned
about family, marriage, and
divorce.
And
when Jesus was quizzed
about divorce on the basis of Deuteronomy 24:1 - 4 (Mark 10:2 - 9), he subordinated that passage as a concession to hard - heartedness and lifted up the Genesis accounts affirming the indissolubility of the marriage union (Gen. 1:27; 2:24; 5:2) as the expression of God's will.
That means that
when he gets to the difficult passages, whether it be
about the sin or
divorce, the sin of sodomy, or the sin of unbelief, he will teach on all of it.
2) Create the straw man that this is
about «
divorce»
when most of the comments are
about the abuse of power.
Why do so many advocate making gay marriage illegal but not
divorce,
when Jesus never referenced the former but spoke quite negatively
about the latter?
(Mark 12: 28 - 31)
When he was asked
about divorce, he again appealed to two passages of the Law (Gen. 1: 27 and 2: 24): «Man and woman He created them; therefore a man will leave father and mother, and the two become one flesh.»
What I find puzzling is the obsession with consensual and faithful gay relationships
when Scripture says much more
about divorce and remarriage (every single sex act with a second spouse is ALWAYS adultery unless someone is unfaithful and that the only moral choice is reconciliation with your first spouse or lifetime celibacy — 1 Cor 7:10 - 11), charging interest on a loan, our moral obligation toward the poor and other things most conservative Christians ignore.
Jesus himself had to remind his hearers of this
when they questioned him
about divorce, which in his day meant putting aside a wife you didn't want any more: «for your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to
divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so» (Matthew 19:8).
When challenged
about the lawfulness of
divorce, Jesus cited Genesis, stating clearly that the human act of joining together in marriage is at the same time God's work.
Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or
when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute
about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and
divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?
Duff knows plenty
about shouldering loads: His father, Warren, died
when Vontez was two, and after his mother, Wynoka, remarried and later
divorced, Vontez took care of his three younger siblings while his mom worked long hours at a juvenile detention center.
If there's one thing almost all of us can agree on
when it comes to
divorce it's worrying
about the kids: How will
divorce impact them?
When I was approached by Susan Pease Gadoua to help write The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels, I grilled her
about her approach to marriage and
divorce, and her background.
As I'm freshly going through my second
divorce, the number one thing I have learned is that I should have spoken up more
when I didn't like her behavior and instead of getting cross
about her having secret friends, I should have raised why those actions were inappropriate.
i know i watched her turn into someone that i did nt even know.so now, all i have to choose from in my age group is the same thing i divorced.and in
divorces 9 times out of 10, the women ends up financially better off, and bragg
about how independent they are.LMAO, ofcoarse, u got the house, the kidz, the 401 k, child support, alimony the vehicles etc. need i say more.if they arent crazy
when you get with them, they will be
when they hit midlife.
What is it with men,
when I was younger no one wanted anything serious because I was
divorced with children, by the time I was in my 30s no one wanted a serious relationship then either because I was a promo model and they didn't like other men looking at me (the exception being creeps who did nt care
about me they just wanted a trophy wife or those who wanted «good breeding stock»), now my kids are grown and I have my own business no one wants anything serious because I'm «too old».
For instance, if all of the strong and intelligent women I loved growing up appeared to be at their happiest
when they were
divorced or widowed, how did that shape my views
about (not to mention my behavior during), my marriage?
When I
divorced in my 20s as a childfree woman, no one flipped out
about it.
So where does that leave us
when it comes to listening to your parents
about your marriage or
divorce?
I've been married and
divorced twice, but
when I
divorced the first time — in my 20s, with no children — I never paid attention to any articles
about reinventing myself as a divorcee.
Astro and Danielle Teller's book Sacred Cows: The Truth
About Divorce and Marriage also questions the status quo when it comes to marriage and divorce; as they told me, «society, rightly or wrongly, believes it will get what it wants if it gets people to get married and stay m
Divorce and Marriage also questions the status quo
when it comes to marriage and
divorce; as they told me, «society, rightly or wrongly, believes it will get what it wants if it gets people to get married and stay m
divorce; as they told me, «society, rightly or wrongly, believes it will get what it wants if it gets people to get married and stay married.
When she told him she was scared, that she was thinking
about a
divorce, he agreed — he wasn't going to get better any time soon.
Rather than go on an on
about my own reactions to
divorce — and I am on the record for strongly believing that there should be no shame or judgment
when it come to
divorce, nor should it be seen as a «failure» — I'd rather hear what you have to say.
When Bowman ran a small group for children with recently separated or
divorced parents, she used a rain - and - sun analogy by asking
about the positives and negatives of the new family structure.
When it comes to
divorce, everyone is concerned
about the kids.