Last week our family visited our home state where we spent time with family and friends. We moved away thirteen years ago and enjoy going back to visit a few times each year. One special treat among many we enjoyed this trip was visiting with my cousin and his wife. Before we got married, [...]
Have you heard of the Enneagram test? Although it has been around for years, it has recently gained popularity, particularly among Christian communicators. It’s a personality assessment that has nine numbers or personality types. It’s not a Christian test, but so many Christians find it useful when we use it as a tool to better [...]
I hope you enjoyed Part I of this series about how we often have different processing methods than our spouse. Here’s Part II. I’ve recently been reading Emily P. Freeman’s latest book The Next Right Thing*. It’s so good. I also listen to her podcast by the same name. In a recent episode, she talked [...]
Martha and I sat waiting for the doctor to come in. As he entered, I instantly read his body language and knew that the news was not good. He said Martha had large cell lymphoma and needed to undergo eight of the harshest rounds of chemotherapy he could give her. This news was a shock [...]
I’m no techie, but I know that when you’re buying a computer, the type of processor you get matters. You want to get the latest and greatest because it’s likely the quickest and most efficient. As I type, I can see a sticker near my keyboard that states the manufacturer name and title of [...]
Have you ever watched the show Everybody Loves Raymond? It’s a hilarious sit-com from the early 2000s about a married sportswriter who is raising a family across the street from his parents in Long Island, New York. I highly recommend it, it’s hilarious! You can likely find re-runs on TV or rent episodes on Prime [...]
Does your spouse ever do things that get on your nerves? Come on, let’s be honest. And guess what? It’s a two-way street: you do things that get on your spouse’s nerves too. We all have idiosyncrasies and habits that bother one another because we’re all wired differently. Instead of focusing on the [...]
I lost my wife to cancer at age 30, and was left with two small children. I had a lot of time to reflect on the subject of marriage. I came to realize how valuable marriage is, and truly began to look at marriage from God’s perspective. Now, after 30 years of being a marriage [...]
Last year my husband went to a week-long creative leadership training. I love those kinds of things and was eager to hear all about it. One of the biggest takeaways he learned was this: be careful not to assign intentions to someone else’s actions. As he explained it to me, I realized that I [...]
I had a friend from Dallas Theological Seminary ask if she could do a Prepare / Enrich marital assessment on my wife and me for a class that she was taking. We gladly agreed. Knowing that my friend is a very competent counselor, I knew she would pick up on some of the reoccurring “trouble” [...]
