H ow do we, Paul and Lori, define ourselves? We are parents of a son (at home) and a daughter (living in Texas), husband and wife. We are non-denominational, home church Christians, politically conservative and Libertarian.. We are ordained clergy, we both like Sci-Fi, and we enjoy a wide mix of music. We are Americans and Oregonians, we're both of mixed British and German heritage. For fifteen years we owned a landscape company, and for 10 months we were full time caretakers for a dying parent. But which of these things is important to us, what defines us in our own minds? When we asked one another this question a while back, we gave very much the same answers, with the most important items being identical: Paul sees himself as child of God and husband of Lori, while Lori sees herself as child of God and wife of Paul. It's not that all the other things we can call ourselves are unimportant, rather these two are foremost in how we define ourselves.

Since 1997 we have been ministering on-line in one way or another. Because the need is so great, we have seen an abundance of people looking for help, and looking for other Christians who feel sex is good and important in a godly marriage. We are truly blessed that The Marriage Bed "office" has gone from a 4-by-5 foot corner of a closet to taking over an entire dinning room, and we are excited to see it becoming a full-time ministry. We thank God for the chance to be used by Him, and we thank all the many people who have helped in so many ways.