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Military Spouses Share Easter and Lent Traditions

By: Hope N. Griffin Prior to moving to Ft. Bliss in El Paso, Texas I was unfamiliar with Lent. I grew up the oldest daughter of a non-denominational pastor and then headed off to Dallas Theological Seminary for grad school. Foolishly I thought I knew all there was to know surrounding Christian culture and traditions. […]

Month of the Military Child, Joys & Challenges

By: Hope N. Griffin April is the month of the military child and I find myself thinking of what it has meant to my small children to be military kids. My soldier is newly retired and as I reflect back on his time in the military I can’t help but be thankful for the environment […]

Our Connection

With repeated deployments and the normal challenges of military life, the stresses military families face can really take a toll on a marriage. Many of the solutions to the anxieties military couples experience are spiritual in nature. Our Connection: Staying Close When Worlds Apart is an important resource tool to give couples the faith and knowledge […]

Top Military Marriage Stressors

Spencer and Margaret have worked with many military couples as volunteers, besides being a military couple themselves. Here are the top three struggles they see: Multiple deployments: “When you’re apart, you grow, but you’re growing without one another. That makes it hard during the reintegration period.” Frequent moving: “You start over every time. […]

Is this what marriage was supposed to be?

Marriage and Deployment “So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” —Matthew 19:6 Our ministry verse has been “With my mouth (also with my pen and my computer) I will make Your faithfulness known through all generations.” (Psalm 89:1) My husband and I are not alone […]

Building Strong Military Families

An All-Too-Familiar Cycle Military life today revolves around an all-too-familiar cycle of deployment; the preparation for deployment phase, the during deployment phase, and the reintegration phase (returning home). With the intense reality of this cycle being repeated throughout a military career, it is no surprise that military couples have challenges to reestablish normal or even regular routines for the family. Cru Military, in […]

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