Another one from the inbox, and wives, I already know some of you are about to feel very seen with this question: "My husband flirts and thinks he's just being friendly. He's always paying compliments to ladies, and everyone talks about how nice he is, but the niceness crosses lines that shouldn't be crossed. When I bring it up, he says I'm just being jealous, and that's not the case. How can a man know what's off limits? Because I know he likes the attention." There's a lot packed in this...

Kate's husband has a favorite verse. He quotes it every time a decision comes up in their home. "In the multitude of counsel there is safety." He says it with confidence, like it settles the matter before the conversation even starts. And it is a real verse. It's in the Bible. Kate believes every word of that Bible too. But four years into her marriage, Kate had a quiet conviction growing inside her that would not go away. Whatever the Holy Spirit was actually saying through that verse, she...

I get sent many relationship questions, which I usually answer privately. But some of them deserve more than a private answer; they deserve their own blog post. Over the next few weeks, I'll be answering a few of those questions here. This is one of them, and it describes far more marriages than most people would guess. "When there's a fight, he gives me the silent treatment. This goes on for weeks. Then things just get back to normal. Talking about hard issues is a big challenge. Only...