Marriage is a “dying institution,” actress Cameron Diaz asserts. Psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow agrees with her and to a certain extent, so do pastors. “We go through our lives, day by day, striving to walk the walk, live like Christ, worship, pray and praise and do the right thing, yet in all honesty, our marriages are failing,” said the Revs. Mike and Trisha Fox of Marriage for Today and authors of Marriage for Today: A Practical Guide for Couples. Diaz’s views on marriage were revealed in the June issue of Maxim magazine. The 38-year-old actress said, “I don’t think we should live our lives in relationships based off old traditions that don’t suit our world any longer.”

Ablow, a member of the Fox News Medical A-Team, supported her statement with his own commentary on Fox News last week, saying, “Marriage is (as it has been for decades now) a source of real suffering for the vast majority of married people.” He contended that the end of marriage is “only a matter of time now” and that "we should be thinking about what might replace it." Both Diaz and Ablow’s statements, although outrageous, are “actually bringing up some very, very fundamental flaws in the way we, as Christians, view marriage,” the Foxes of Marriage for Today commented to The Christian Post.

It was 20 years ago when I started receiving letters from women of various churches who were having illicit affairs with powerful married ministers. I was flabbergasted. Was this really happening in the church? I asked myself. Then my phone began ringing off the hook. I couldn't understand why these women were reaching out to me. I think it was because they saw my husband, Dr. Fred K. Price, and his televised preachings and were captivated by his message.

Most recently I received two anonymous letters within a week apart. Both women shared their involvement with very high-profile men of God. As I read their letters I sensed their deep regret. They expressed how they never intended on being involved with a minister and each woman was desperately seeking a way out.

Realize there is always hope in despair, have faith you can reconcile your marriage and drop everything and seek help for your relationship. That's the advice Christian marriage ministers Jay and Laura Laffoon would give struggling couple Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver.

Schwarzenegger, 63, told the public on Tuesday that he and Shriver, 55, "both love each other very much" and are "taking it one day at a time." His comments were the first since the couple released a statement on Monday announcing their separation after 25 years together.

The Laffoons, authors of He Said. She Said., said that if he wants to heal his relationship with his wife, Schwarzenegger must do more than take things slow. The husband-and-wife counselors say the former California governor must clear his schedule of speaking engagements like the Tuesday engagement where he made those comments and really commit to working on his marriage.

Life has a way of chipping away at our marriages: jobs and job related travel, in-laws, church activities, activities with the kids, conflict and misunderstandings. Most of us run at the speed of light, wake up one day and realize, "Huh. I don’t feel very close to my spouse anymore." The truth is that it happens to the best of us.

Here are a few simple methods I have learned throughout the years to revive romance in a stale marriage.
Start Dating Again

Go out at least once a week. It doesn't have to be an expensive date – just something simple.

A brown bag dinner in the park, a walk around the lake, a cup of cappuccino at a coffee shop or simply putting the kids to bed early and just talking will often do the trick. Or, revisit the things that you did when you were dating, like going to a movie, the theatre or a nice relaxing dinner for two.