Mostly no one gets married thinking about sickness. We take the vow of “In sickness and in health” but let’s be honest, almost no one is thinking about sickness. Oh sure, there might be an occasional cold or flu and maybe they’ll have bouts of allergy attacks but “sickness” real sickness, not likely. Our hopes […]
I feel like my life is over. Over may seem a bit over-the-top but feelings can be over-the-top. Certainly, my life has changed forever and my feelings are strong. Tuesday night Mike woke me up at 3:00 a.m. “Something’s wrong,” he said, “I’m having chest pains…and my arms hurt…and my jaw hurts.” My reply was, […]
I’m so excited for this new book by Dr. Carol Tanksley, Sexpectations: Reframing Your Good and Not-So-Good Stories About God, Love, and Relationships. Dr. Carol is an author, speaker, and OB-Gyn physician and I’m thrilled to share her guest post on intimacy with you. Becoming Capable of the Intimacy You Always Wanted by Dr. Carol […]
The pastor said, “I feel bad for teenagers today. When I was in High School I only had to compare myself to other teenagers at my school, but now teens have the world to compare themselves to.” Think about this for a minute… If your child is being bullied—it doesn’t stop when they leave school—it […]
We all want to win in our relationships—I mean, I do—don’t you? And for most of us our most precious and treasured relationship is our marriage. And yet, many of us are not winning in that arena. One of the biggest blockers at winning in our marriage relationship is a lack of intimacy—both physical and […]
One of my adult kids was spending the day with us last week and I totally blew it. While he was sharing with us some recent decisions he had made I blurted out, “Don’t do that again. That’s not going to be good for you to do again, and…” Well, you can probably fill in […]
Will you be making resolutions this year? Some of us do, and some of us say, Why bother? Which is totally understandable because sometimes, or oftentimes, what we start out doing at the beginning of the year falls off by the end of the year. Why is that? Maybe it’s because we set expectations of […]
This post is a little different—or a lot different—to share this amazing news with you. I’m featured in a new documentary coming out on New Year’s Eve! It’s called “Faith, Love & Pancakes” and it’s absolutely FREE to watch on YouTube this Sunday night, December 31. **UPDATE: Since this post the documentary is now on Amazon Prime, Prime […]
Christmas is right on top of us. Are you ready? There’s always last minute “stuff” to do and buy or maybe you’ve got a big chunk to take care of. Either way, that glorious Christmas day will be here before you know it. I’d like to make the most of the holiday, wouldn’t you? If […]
As we get emersed with the hustle and bustle of the season we may have chance encounters with people. It’s happened to all of us. We run into someone and as we walk away we feel awful about ourselves. What just happened? Chances are you ran into someone who is a sucker and not a […]
