Patience is a Virtue…Live it with Persistence
Patience always seems to get a bad reputation. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve heard people talk about patience as if it were some kind of ugly word only to be uttered in the middle of [...]
Three Ways to Maintain Significant Friendships
Friendships are often very difficult to manage. There are three important ways to maintain friendships. These strategies will help you to maintain and grow your friendships into something special.
5 Myths to Overcoming Hurt
Why do we hurt? We hurt because God created us in His image and we experience emotions. Emotional hurt deeply interferes with normalcy in our lives and comes in several different forms. People either intentionally do things that hurt [...]
3 Reasons We Withdraw from Conflict
Let’s be honest. Regardless of our age, communicating with spouse is perhaps the most difficult thing we will ever do. I’m not kidding. It is just difficult. We bring different perspectives and sometimes opposing views to the conversation. It’s [...]
The Secret of Unconditional Forgiveness
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could set up a system that people navigated through to gain forgiveness? Maybe we could implement a penance system where they do hard time digging holes or picking up trash from the side [...]
Don’t Let Communication Kill Your Marriage!
Why is communication so important in your marriage? First, if you never talk to your spouse, you will live in an extremely quiet house. Second, if you don’t talk with your spouse, you will eventually talk with someone who [...]
4 Ways to Guarantee Your Marriage Fails
Marriages today are failing at an alarming rate. How do you prevent the trauma of divorce and unhappiness in your marriage? How do you find joy?
I Have a Genetic Disease
I know you may find this surprising, but I have a severe genetic disease. It’s called, “REALLY?” syndrome. This may come as a shock, but the results and side effects of this disease are very difficult to manage and [...]
Christmas Vacation
Whether it’s cousin Eddie and his dysfunctional family of misfits, or aunt Bethany pledging allegiance through the blessing, there is one thing we have in common. Each of us seems to have family members in some of the outer [...]