8 Things I Wish I’d Known As A Newlywed
We walked the aisle, said “I do,” and stuffed cake in each others faces when I was 24. I wasn’t 25 before I realized that I had absolutely no idea…
Posts by author
Tyler Ward
A few things to keep in mind during wedding season.
11 posts
Tyler Ward is married with two kids, blogs at tylerwardis.com, and just released his first book, Marriage Rebranded: Modern Misconceptions & the Unnatural Art of Loving Another Person. Learn more @ marriagerebranded.com.
4 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Fought With My Wife
As a single man, I was cool, calm, and collected. Then I got married. Before I was married, I had never hit an innocent wall just because I was angry.…
Why We Need to Start Taking the Sabbath Seriously
If the phrase “not enough hours in the day” has ever crossed your mind, well, welcome to the twenty-first century. You’ll fit right in. Our lives in the modern age…
Happiness Is Not the Goal
As a young adult, being happy seemed to be the only alternative to being depressed. Later, happiness became like a true north in leaving a logic-based life for a more…
The Myth of the Work/Life Balance
It’s something we all strive for. Ideally, one day, we’ll achieve that perfect “balance,” between our work lives and the rest of our lives. But let’s face it, the work/life…
What Gossip Actually Does
I have been the victim of gossip more than a couple times in life. You probably know the feeling. It makes you feel betrayed, misunderstood, deeply embarrassed and angry. Angry…
Success is Overrated
If we were all to close our eyes and think of the word “success,” it’s likely many of us would come back with a tragically low amount of innovation in…
Can You Be Generous and Still Pay the Bills?
I understand how unappealing it can be to financially give. Most days, the anxiety-free lifestyle that a healthy savings account provides can be far more enticing than writing a check…
3 Things to Remember When Stuff Hits the Fan
Yes, it’s been one of those weeks. You know, the kind when everything that could go wrong goes wrong? You overshoot your company’s budget due to accrued bills. An investor…
What I Wish I Knew Before I Went to Church
I grew up Presbyterian, became a Baptist youth pastor, lived overseas on an evangelical mission, spent an interim as an assistant to a traveling prophet, served the poor as a…
3 Things I Wish I Knew Before We Got Married
Everyone who’s been married for even a short while will learn things they didn’t know going into it. Here’s three of those things.