Want to be in better health? Most of us would answer “yes” to that question. Then you might like to know that your marriage just might be the ticket you have been looking for. In a study conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, over 127,000 people were surveyed. Findings from this study revealed…
DetailsHave you ever heard, thought, or said those words – “Life is too short?” If so, what was the context? Typically, we do so either commenting on something we don’t want to do or on something that we really want to do. For example – “I can’t believe that I had that same argument with…
DetailsHave you ever experienced regret? Now I know that sounds like a truly absurd question. A better question might be, when have we not experienced regret? Most of us can recall poor decisions, impulsive choices, and warped rationalizations (too many to count), that we wish we would have handled differently. While some of those choices…
Details“I met one woman in Georgia who has been married to her husband for over 60 years. After being asked for her best relationship advice, she paused and then said, ‘Don’t be afraid to be the one who loves most.” – Nate Bagley I thought about this advice as I sat this week with a…
DetailsTechnology is amazing! It really is. Even though on a regular basis I want to throw my computer out the window because it acts up or won’t respond as I need it to. But for the most part, technology has afforded us opportunities that were unavailable to us even a few short years ago. At…
DetailsC.S. Lewis, the well-known author of many books including The Chronicles of Narnia, once said, “The worldly man treats certain people kindly because he ‘like’ them: the Christian, trying to treat everyone kindly, finds himself liking more and more people as he goes on – including people he could not even have imagined liking at…
DetailsOne of the headlines this past November read, “Emails from Paramour Led To FBI Inquiry of Petraeus.” We have no doubt all heard about the resignation of the decorated general that resulted from an affair that he had with his biographer. It seems hard to believe that an illustrious career that was decades in the…
DetailsIt was recently brought to my attention that there is a disease that most of us have experienced, if we are parents. It is one that we have rarely named, but we know when it is happening. One author calls it Kid-Related Marital Friction. Even as I write that term, there are probably a variety…
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I was reminded of the importance of “showing up” this morning at my men’s Bible study. One of my friends shared about a visit he made to the Veteran’s cemetery. As he was about to leave, he heard a woman sobbing at another grave site. He went over to check on her and wound up…
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