Have you ever been looking forward to a romantic evening with your spouse, when one of you inadvertently makes a comment that turns the rest of the night on its head? While you didn’t intend for things to devolve into a fight – they did anyway. We have probably all experienced this unraveling of an…
DetailsRemember when you were newlyweds and love oozed out all over? But then one day you walked in the door and your partner said, “I need to talk with you about something.” A dark sense of dread enveloped you and you suddenly knew that the honeymoon must be over and you were in trouble. How…
Details“Wow! This sounds powerful – what is it?” OK, are you sitting down? Here it is – Gratitude. You may be thinking, “That’s it? This is all you’ve got? That isn’t some new profound thing.” And you are right. It isn’t. But it is powerful and it is true. A recent study in Social Psychology…
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“Research shows that about 45 percent of youth in the U.S. now spend some time without a biological parent by late adolescence.” And for children from disadvantaged socioeconomic groups, the numbers are even higher. A sociologist from Princeton University states: “If we were asked to design a system for making sure that children’s basic needs…
DetailsYou call your husband during the day to let him know that you are upset with the fact that he forgot to take the trash to the street this morning, before he left for work, as he had promised. Not a big deal in and of itself – but it is about to become one. …
DetailsI recently read a humorous article regarding technology and how comfortable people are becoming with everything from Siri – the female-sounding voice assistant, to that familiar GPS voice. Technology has certainly come a long ways in helping us – find directions, answer questions, check the weather, to even contacting our loved ones (what a concept). …
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What? There’s a problem with independence? Our country was founded on this concept – we even have The Declaration of Independence. How can that not be good? Don’t get me wrong – independence is a wonderful idea in so many ways. But sometimes it can inhibit a healthy relationship. While individuals in a marriage certainly…
DetailsWhat is the most prominent problem in marriage? You might be thinking – your wife or husband. But I would argue they are a person not a problem. Many marriage experts have suggested that the biggest factors leading to troubled marriages are items such as: technology, children, pornography, stress, or finances. But blogger Malinda Fuller…
DetailsWhether you have been married for 6 months, 6 years, or 60 years, you probably began the journey with your mate with some sort of vision as to what this life together would look like. Perhaps, as you reflect back, it has been wonderful and all that you had hoped for. While for others, it…
DetailsRecorded in the book of Joshua, chapters 3 and 4, is the account of Israel crossing the Jordan river during the season when the river was at flood stage. It is an amazing story of the power of God to do miraculous things. One of the interesting pieces to the story is that God instructed…
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