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From My Heart

From My Heart

Hey Friendlings,

Almost every single time I have signed off on an Ask Joy email or post, I’ve ended it with the words, “From My Heart.” The reason I use these words is because they’re true.

I care deeply for Read more

6

All of the Love and Respect Now Posts…In One Place!

All of the Love and Respect Now Posts

I don’t know how Google searches for things so well, but since I have given my posts a lot of weird titles over the years, finding things by topic is like searching for Waldo in a candy cane store.

So, I wanted to put all the posts in one, easy-to-find place. Read more

3

Emerson & Sarah Eggerichs on Marriage, Parenting, Family of Origin, Work & Death

Emerson & Sarah Eggerichs

WHAT?! You haven’t met my parents?! A few things to note: Emerson and Sarah only wear black, they’ve been married 40+ years, and when they met, my mother thought my dad was funny looking, dressed weird and wasn’t funny at all. Oh, and they started Love and Respect. Read more

5

Fighting for Love (and Other Potentially Hazardous Cliches)

Fighting for Love and Other Potentially Hazardous Cliches

What do you think about cliché phrases like, “Don’t marry the person you can live with; only marry the person you can’t live without?”

-Lauren

_______

Lauren,

I think we need to stop and pay attention to the reasons why we use phrases like this. Sometimes we they resonate with us so deeply because…they’re true! Read more

8

Eric Knox: Matchmaking, Marriage & Mentorship (And a Little NBA Action)

Eric Knox: Marriage, Matchmaking, Mentorship and a little NBA action

Hey Friendlings,

I absolutely love interviewing people, uncovering their stories, and getting so excited about the interview that I forget there are other people listening in on the conversation.

Join me as I uncover an incredible love story of basketball, broken dreams, romance and waiting.

Read more

4

He Said He Likes Me, But Nothing Happened. Tonight’s News With Joy Eggerichs

He Said He Likes Me But Nothing Happened

I have a great friend who lives about 20 hours away. He recently texted me and said he is interested in me, dating-wise. He said he just wanted to be honest.

But none of our following conversations suggested that he wanted to make a move or be more than friends. I am angry. Read more

7

Online Dating: Not Your Grandma’s Way to Find a Spouse…Or Is It?

Online Dating - Not Your Grandma's Way To Find A Spouse

A bunch of you asked me questions about my online dating experience. And the secret’s out…I never answered!

Sweet of me, I know. So last week I posted this short little documentary of the “Summer of Fun” I had with three friends when we gave online dating a shot. Then, I chose three of your questions to answer: Read more

25

The Summer of Fun: A Love and Respect Now Online Dating Experiment

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Hey Friends,

I didn’t have time to make a trailer for this documentary, so for the full effect, turn on some dramatic movie music and read these quotes:

“Our real dating lives are OVER now!” – Laura

“I got matched with a guy who said he was 25. I’m pretty sure he’s 11.” – Joy Read more

17

Getting Past The First Date + An Interactive Practice Conversation

Getting Past The First Date

(Note: If you miss Saved By The Bell, then you’re going to want to watch this video for nostalgia’s sake.)

Joy,

I’ve never had a girlfriend, but I am looking for one. I’ve tried online dating and I went out with two girls, but both said it wasn’t a really good match. 

I am afraid that I am running out of time. I don’t want to be that guy who is 35 and has no one.  Read more

0

Hail Gladdening Light (Phos Hilaron) – Arranged by Paul Ramey, Hannah Glavor and Tim Glavor

Hannah Glavor and Paul Ramey

If you’ve gone through The Illumination Project, you already know all about the bonus materials. I’m talking about things like coasters, a button featuring the profile of a Russian-esque Czar, an entire sheet of gold stars, a box of matches, a better-than-a-Moleskine journal and more.

Beyond all of that, however, I hope you were pumped up by all the amazing artists you were introduced to, especially if you hadn’t already heard about them. I’m fortunate to be surrounded by so many great Portland-based musicians, painters, writers, photographers and other artists, and I’m grateful for those who worked with my father and me to film The Illumination Project so that we could inspire “light bulb moments” on the topics of life and relationships. Read more

3

Gabe & Rebekah Lyons on Starting Q, Starting Fights, & John Travolta

Gabe & Rebekah Lyons

Gabe and Rebekah Lyons are a power couple. They are people who get ISH done. Join me for a conversation with them that ended as though it had only just begun. 

(Well, technically, it did. They left me so their kids wouldn’t be the last ones picked up from gymnastics class. Whatever!) Read more

8

Respect Card? Was ist das?

Respect Card?

You didn’t know I spoke German, did you? Yes, I took two long years of it in high school and my last name is German, loud and proud. If you didn’t know, “Was ist das?” translates to “What is that?”

And “eins, zwei, drei” is “one, two, three.” But now we are totally getting off topic. Read more

23

My Friends Have Better Lives: Choosing Joy over Jealousy, and GPS Tracking

My friends have better lives

Joy,

My friend and I have been “the last singles standing” for a while now, but she just started dating someone. Honestly, I am feeling a little jealous now. How do I keep hanging out with her without becoming the “crazy, jealous friend”?  Read more

24

Eric Metaxas: Marriage, Miracles & Movies

Eric Metaxas: Marriage, Miracles and Movies

Eric Metaxas has written another book, and I’m sure it will also land on the New York Times bestsellers list like my other favorite book, Bonhoeffer (which he also wrote). Moving in a slightly a different direction than a historical bio, Eric’s most recent project, Miracles, centers on a topic that is a bit of a mystery to most of us.

But before we dive into all of that, get ready for some laughter as I take him through some “would you rather” questions and talk comedy, coffee and his distaste for wasps. 
Read more

87

The Real Reason People Ask About “The One”

The Real Reason People Ask About The One

“Is she The One?'”

“I’ve found The One!”

“He definitely wasn’t The One.”

For as long as I’ve been doing Love and Respect Now, and probably for years before, “The One” debate has always been a hot topic. Recently my father and I were interviewed by Relevant Magazine on things the Church has gotten wrong about dating. This question inevitably came up. Read more

6

Sseko Designs: How To Start a Company & Life as Husband & Wife

Sseko Designs: How To Start A Company & Life as Husband & Wife

Want to laugh and be inspired today? Please meet two of my favorite people in the universe.

They’ll teach you about the beauty of miscommunication in dating, the making of a marriage in which one spouse often leaves the country, and why they let their unmarried friends be all up in their bizzzz-nass. Oh, and they’ll teach you about their actual business practices, social passions and facial-manicuring tricks. Read more

8

Amena Brown & Opdiggy: Falling In Love & Makin’ Music

Amena Brown & Opdiggy: Falling In Love & Makin' Music

Do you like love stories? Do you like hip-hop? Do you like poetry and spoken word? Have you ever worked with your spouse? Have you ever wanted to move out of the friend-zone and into dating? Have you ever wanted to learn how to drop a mic? Read more

5

Chores in Marriage: Create a Win-Win Situation With Your Spouse

Chores in Marriage: Create a Win-Win Situation With Your Spouse

I have been married for three months now. My husband is very clean and I am fairly neat, but since being married I have kind of chilled out in that area. In fact, compared to my husband, I am lazy.

What can I do? I don’t want to make him feel like he got cheated by marrying me. Read more

29

How (Not) to Propose Like God by Joshua Ryan Butler

How (Not) to Propose Like God

Why is there so much violence in the Old Testament? How could a loving God allow _______?  Isn’t it arrogant to believe Jesus is the only way to God? 

How do the above questions pertain to a website about relationships, Joy?  Read more

8

Does Age Matter? Young Couples Getting Married, Maple Bacon Bars, & Eggs

Does age matter? Young couples getting married.

Joy,

I am twenty-one years old and I have been with my boyfriend since high school. Everyone says we are great together and affirms our relationship. We’re in college and have no debt–but I keep hearing statistics that younger couples getting married is not a recipe for success. Read more

0

Rachel Ramsey Cruze: On Money, Relationships, and Upcoming SMART Conference

Rachel Ramsey Cruze

Rachel Cruze (aka Dave Ramsey’s daughter) will help you become a millionaire.

Wait, no she won’t. But she will help you figure out how to be wise with your money and not get sucked into the financial traps of this culture we live in today. Read more

34

“Does He Like Me?” … Guys? Do You?

Does he like me? Guys? Do you?

I’m going to answer this question line by line. So if you want to get the gist of her question, then read all the non-bolded lines first. It’s a game for your eyeballs. You’re welcome. 

First order of Biz: Men, I would LOVE for you to say what you think this man might be thinking from your perspective. And I would also say to you men, if you find yourself doing something similar to the dude she describes, I just want to let you in on a little secret.. Read more

13

The Good News About Marriage: Shaunti Feldhahn Interview

The Good News About Marriage Shaunti Feldhahn

THE 50% DIVORCE STATISTIC IS FALSE, FOLKS!!!

I don’t usually demand things, but I’m going to today. You must read Shaunti’s book or watch this interview I did with her. I’m literally telling everyone about her findings because it’s EXACTLY what my generation needs to hear.  Read more

14

Signs of a Cheater: Seeing the Forest for the Trees and Eating Teacup Pigs

Signs of a Cheater

Joy,

Many of my divorced friends had wives that cheated on them. From a woman’s perspective, what warning signs should I be looking for during the dating process that would be indicative of a woman that might do that? Read more

15

Mana by Preston Yancey

Mana by Preston Yancey

I remember my college pastor Ben Patterson often quoting the verse, “In Him, we move and have our being.”

I was excited to see that verse in today’s post by Preston Yancey because, like my college pastor, he is one of those thinker-writer types that incorporates the poetry of Scripture into the poetry of their writing. Read more

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