Welcome to Scottkedersha.com
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After months of planning, we’re finally going live. I am excited this day is here.
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Scott Kedersha - follower of Jesus since 1998, married to Kristen, dad to 4 boys (yes, all boys, no girls, and yes, my poor wife),and Merge premarital pastor at Watermark Community Church. Kristen and I got married September 15, 2001 and we get to do a lot of ministry together, both through Merge and as we lead a Foundation Group - Watermark’s small groups for newly married couples. We have been at Watermark since 2002, and I have been full-time in my role as Director of Premarital Ministry since the summer of 2006.
Why do we need yet another blog?As far as I know, no one in the else in the country does what I do in my job at Watermark. In my role as Director of Premarital Ministry I have the privilege, full-time, of preparing couples for marriage. Many others work with premarried couples but they either do it outside of the local church or they do it on the side apart from their full-time job or ministry responsibility. The opportunity I have is extremely rare, unique, and I am so grateful. Over the last 8 years, I have seen over 2,000 couples come through our premarital ministry. I get an inside view into what works for couples and what causes them to struggle.
This is not just a job for me - it comes from my own personal pain and struggles, and from my own relationship struggles, both before and in marriage. I will share our story soon, in hopes that it will encourage you to do things differently than I did as an individual and as Kristen and I did as a couple.
Through this blog I hope to provide counsel, wisdom, and advice on how to best prepare for marriage and how to establish, build and strengthen a firm foundation once you are already married. In my job at Watermark I get to work with many couples who are seriously dating and engaged, with couples who are newly married and with couples in crisis. Through scottkedersha.com I hope to offer counsel to dating and engaged couples while at the same time equipping those of you who are married. I hope you will share what you read with others who need to hear these same truths.
The Purpose of Scottkedersha.com
The goal is to share two to three blog posts per week. At least two of the posts will be new content that I create/write about. The nature of the posts will be ‘all things’ relationship - expectations, intimacy (spiritual, sexual, physical, emotional, relational), communication and conflict, etc.... I will target both premarried and married couples. If you know me, you know I love to read books and blogs - in addition to relationship counsel, I also plan on interacting with some blog posts out there as well as diving into some books I am reading.
Now your turn. Let me know you’re here and if you have any questions. I know a big part of what I do through this blog will be to answer questions for individuals and couples about relationships. Thanks for reading and joining me.