The Journal
Stories for Married Couples
Reflections on marriage, romance, and the quiet art of slowing down together — from our family to yours.
May 27, 2026
Celebrating 20 Years Of offering Special Romance to Married Couples With A Giveaway!
Anniversaries are important. Many are celebrated here, and this is our 20th year! We estimate we have hosted over 2500 couples here since we started i
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April 17, 2025
What We Believe About Divorce & Remarriage
Our effort to carefully state the Biblical position concerning divorce and remarriage requires us to first understand the Scriptural and spiritual sig
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January 10, 2025
Why Plan Ahead For A Getaway With Your Spouse?
This article goes over several reasons why it's important to plan ahead for your couple's getaway. Plus, an offer for first-time visitors to The Littl
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December 4, 2024
The Thanksgiving Giveway Results: What do you love about your spouse?
This update includes inspiration from you, our guests. You inspire us to keep on doing what we do. The guestbook is the most interesting on checkout d
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October 24, 2024
Touch and Its Significance in Relationships
10/22/24These are my slightly edited notes from a sweetheart banquet talk that I gave several years ago. It will be good for your marriage, and it may
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June 7, 2024
Some Definitions Of Love To Think About
What is love? We provide some new ways and definitions of love to think about in the context of marriage.
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April 26, 2024
Making Marriage Memories
Read a guest's story on making marriage memories during their stay at Little Stone Cottage...
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August 27, 2018
Is Planning Ahead Really Necessary?
Planning ahead could seem a bit unusual in the Airbnb world but it is useful. In the day of quick stops and drive-throughs there is still good reasons
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July 6, 2018
Righting Your Marriage (continued)
Principles 7-9 of Righting Your Marriage, continued. See previous blog posts for Principles 1-6. 7. Finding a mission Why do we as a couple exist? Wh
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July 5, 2018
Righting Your Marriage (continued)
Principles to Righting Your Marriage, continued. Check out the previous blog post for Principles 1-3. 4. Finding Grace We seek the holy ground of for
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June 8, 2018
Righting Your Marriage
I will acknowledge that writing about marriage (as much as I enjoy that) is a little like shooting at a moving target, especially when the writer is m
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April 9, 2018
Reading, 'Riting, & 'Rithmatic Rationale
What is the purpose of these three words above? That is a great question; a simple but important question. Why not four or five? Why these particular
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