It’s been a long time since I have addressed the subject of marriage. Primarily, it’s because I know that everybody is not married, nor should they be. In addition, I am aware that sometimes marriages end in divorce as “the lesser of two evils,” and that the church’s task is to lift burdens not add to them. However, I do believe that marriage is the basis of family life and is of critical importance to the welfare of humankind.

Not long after performing a wedding ceremony, a young married woman rushed up to me in the hallway of the church and said, “I appreciate your remarks about marriage but the real question is ‘How do you stay married?’ I hope you will address that subject sometimes.”

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The Rev. Hal Brady is an ordained United Methodist minister and executive director of Hal Brady Ministries, based in Atlanta. You can watch him preach every week on the Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters TV channel Thursdays at 8 p.m.

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