As we go through our lives from the day that God brings us in to the day he takes us away; there are things out there digging into our souls.  Over time these things create holes in our lives and we feel the urge to fill them with something.  Whether it is the rage your father had toward your mother, the mother who drinks to ease the pain of not being loved, the divorce you watched tare your...

Over time porn took the place of so many things in my life.  I had become blind to all the things around me because I had started to believe the lies it was telling me.

Lies like:

"What's a little porn going to do to you?  Not like it could hurt any one."
Yep; I fell for that one hook, line, and sinker.  The fact of the matter was that it was hurting someone; my wife.  It was hurting my...

Years ago a man by the name of Aron Rolston was hiking near Moab, Utah.  He was in a canyon all alone and when, a boulder fell down and crushed his arm.  He was there for five days trapped in the canyon. He rationed out his water and then finally drinking the last of his water.  there was nobody hiking in the same area he was. He takes a video camera that he has and records a good bye to...

This is part 4 in the series Marriage & Porn. We are very thankful to Paul Coughlin who has put these blogs together and allowed us to use them. Paul is the founder of The Protectors and has an amazing heart for people. You can find the original posting of his blog here.
 - Brian Mac

"Traveling Toward Marital Intimacy"

Accountability to another person about your visual and emotional ...

This is part 3 in the series Marriage & Porn. We are very thankful to Paul Coughlin who has put these blogs together and allowed us to use them. Paul is the founder of The Protectors and has an amazing heart for people. You can find the original posting of his blog here.
 - Brian & Darcy

"Erosive Influence of Porn Upon Husbands"

For the surprising number of husbands who think that...

This is part 2 in the series Marriage & Porn. We are very thankful to Paul Coughlin who has put these blogs together and allowed us to use them. Paul is the founder of The Protectors and has an amazing heart for people. You can find the original posting of his blog here.
 - Brian & Darcy

A frustrated and grieving woman in her 20s writes to Focus on the Family: “I’m addicted to porn…It’s so...

For the next couple of weeks we will be running a series of blogs for the couples section of the site. We are very thankful to Paul Coughlin who has put these blogs together and allowed us to use them. Paul is the founder of The Protectors and has an amazing heart for people. You can find the original posting of his blog here.
 - Brian & Darcy

"Pornography and Virtual Infadelity"

The...

We all have seen or know of people that look like they have it all together. They wear the nicest clothes. They have the biggest and best cars and homes. Their kids go to the best schools. On the outside they seem to have it all. If you look close enough, however, you can see that things aren’t as perfect as they seem. Behind the mask of “everything’s good”, they are suffering. They have...

We were looking around the web for some new viewpoints and/or ideas to post on the blog today. As we came across the words that you will see below all we could do was sit there and say how true. We know it is short and there isn't a lot of meat to it but, it is a very good point to keep in the back of your head if you are going through a time of healing or feel like sharing this with someone...

I get a call from a friend of mine that he is going to be in town over night and was wondering if he could swing in and see us. The thing is he is going to be here in about an hour and our house was a mess!  After telling him that it was no problem and that we’d love to see him, I started to panic.
 
With the house looking like a tornado had gone through, I started to pick things up and try to...