…I Do Mean Us.
This is a completely new venture for me, and it is not being done without a serious amount of trepidation and stomach flips. UR Grand Union is the blogging division under UR Grand Life; UR Grand Plan is an ebook division based on a witnessing plan/program that is still being written (about half done); and UR Grand Geer (yes, the geer is spelled that way on purpose) is a merchandise store that was started and stalled for lack of direction, but is being brought back to life as a source of married geer, eventually both public and private geer, to promote and enhance your marriage relationships. Yes, this is a huge undertaking, but we are basing it on a three year growth plan starting this fall. We hope that you will stick with us.
Who Am I? Actually, no one special…a husband of 36 years (and dated exclusively for 4yrs before that), married to SuperRock, a combination of being Super Woman and Rock Steady. Undoubtedly, you will find out more about us as the posts come out. I have more theological education than is necessary, which came about through the generosity of several individuals, and my persistent penchant for learning. And SuperRock stuck with me through it all, becoming the balance and ballast in our relationship over the years. And yes, that is a compliment. Trust me.
We are parents of 27 and 24 years to two beautiful daughters, blessed beyond measure by their faith in God and their ambition to “do it on my own.” Yes, one of them is a boomerang…we might post about that some time in the future.
We are avid church supporters with a love/hate relationship for the local church. For most of our married lives, we have vascillated waffled between being involved hip-deep and really wanting to walk away. That is how life seems to work some times.
As far as our marriage goes, we are in a really good place right now, but like most others we have had our difficulties in years past. We married young, 21 and 19 respectively, and yes we didn’t know much. We stayed on the “proper side of the line” as far as Christian views on sexuality are concerned before we married. However, it wasn’t for lack of trying…we did everything right up to the line. Like others have stated elsewhere, we never really had a proper sexual education from a Christian point of view as far as married sex was concerned. And also like others have complained, there was, and probably still is, so little help from inside the church about the realistic expectations for what married sex should be. It has always bothered me that the “church” is so proud and loud about “Good girls don’t”, but doesn’t have hardly a single useful thing to say regarding “Good wives do!” Fundamentally here, I want to be able to show how many scripture passages can speak into the the marriage ‘arena’ and help turn it into a marriage relationship.
I hope we can encourage you to make visiting with us a marriage habit.