Creating a Highly
Effective Team
By D. A. & Elicia Horton
By Trisha Taylor and Jim Herrington with John Sparks
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We’re millennials, we’re married, and
we’ve been in ministry for ten of our
fifteen years of marriage. To some,
our profile spells a recipe for disaster;
yet by God’s grace, He’s privileged
us with a nuanced approach to
this thing called life, marriage, and
everything in between. We want
to take time to share from our life
experiences in order to challenge
and encourage those struggling to
understand the consistent problems
couples face today, especially as it
relates to oneness.
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Barriers to Oneness
We married young and approached
our twenties exhausted from drama
and hurts we had overlooked.
Next, add our passive-aggressive
tendencies to the pot and throw
in the reality of spiritual immaturity.
Oh! And we can’t forget the family
structures that were hindering
oneness, though we hadn’t identified
these as barriers. We fought for our
own identity, not realizing that God
was trying to create a brand-new
one for us. Let’s stop and think about