How to Set Up Boundaries with Your Adult Children
Good parents establish healthy boundaries for their kids and then hold them accountable.
The goal is take the monkey...
Build a Stronger Family Identity
My wife, Cathy, and I stared at each other in disbelief as our oldest daughter, Christy, told us she was running away....
Love That Stands Watch
He squeezed my hand as my body shook with pain. I clawed at the sheets as the fire grew in my belly. My breaths...
Do My Words Count?
On average, women speak 20,000 words a day. That’s 13,000 more daily words than our male counterparts! Yet how often does it feel like...
Slow Down Your Marriage
Jim and I (Doug) meet with too many couples who have created a script for their marriages that substitutes Jesus’s promise of abundance and fullness...
How Marriage Mentors Can Strengthen Your Relationship
Do you and your spouse have mentors for your marriage? Forging a friendship with a couple who has been married longer than you can be a...
Move Closer
When my husband and I are sitting together in a restaurant, he’ll pull my chair over and say, “Closer.” It’s the sweetest thing. He makes...
Boundaries in Marriage
Are you constantly giving and doing for others, and becoming resentful?
Does your mate continue with behaviors that you are complaining about?
Do you feel hopeless...
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God’s Love for the Unlovable The Power of Shame
As bad and as powerful as guilt feels, shame is much worse. Unlike guilt, shame is less offense and more self-focused. Shame wonders if I...
God’s Love for the Unlovable The Island of Misfit Toys
Do you remember the Rudolf Christmas TV special that included the island of misfit toys? I do. I related to them, a...
God’s Love for the Unlovable Are We Doing Something Wrong? Pt 4
In the three previous “Are We Doing Something Wrong” articles, I suggested that the biggest problem that the church has today (and I know there are...