Nuggets

Our friends at PREPARE/ENRICH offer these helpful suggestions. Whether it’s cringing through an incredibly awkward social interaction or having to face one of your biggest fears, people usually don’t like to sit in those feelings for too long or seek them out too often. Of course, everyone is different. People have varying thresholds and tendencies […]

Many of you have a third wheel in your marriage. It sneakily steals time and attention normally given to each other. It interrupts special and intimate moments. It exacerbates existing trust issues. Sometimes, you might even spend more time gazing at it than you do your spouse. Instead of trying to distance yourselves from it,

Zig Ziglar used to say this all the time…”You need a check up from the neck up to help you get rid of stinkin’ thinkin’… For a long time I just thought that was nothing more than a cute catch phrase…and it is and was. But, it is so much more than that. How many

If that sounds like a good idea to you, take a look at this latest from Focus on The Family offering from Gary and Erin Smalley. https://www.focusonthefamily.com/how-to-stay-crazy-in-love/?sfcid=0034W000039FyOhQAK&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2149810&utm_source=RelevantResources I hope this gets it to you. We ordered it. Remember FOTF is a fully donor supported ministry. Be generous as you can. It is true that love

https://familyu.focusonthefamily.com/parenting-teens-towards-adulthood This is a super resource for any parents of teenagers. Worth a read or a listen. Feeding The Mouth That Bites You” has become something of a textbook on parenting teenagers for parents. Unlike other parenting books, Dr. Wilgus’ book provides a path for parents to follow that helps answer the questions parents of

“Marriage is not about finding a life you can live with, but creating one you cannot live without,” an old saying goes.  Yet, so many couples settle for simply ‘getting by.’ Have you resigned yourselves to routines, believing that deep, fulfilling connection is a rarity reserved for a select few. But here’s the truth: it

Nobody gets married expecting the fires of romance to peter out, but sometimes this is the reality for many unsuspecting newlyweds. Maybe you’ve recently found yourself in a dry or distant season with your spouse, and you’re not sure how to move forward. If that’s you, I’d like to encourage you to discover and start

Don’t you just love alliteration? Sticking to the alphabet, here is P-Z. If you really want a better relationship start anywhere in the alphabet over the past few weeks and sic’ em!! P Parenting: Having kids changes and tests your relationship in ways nothing else does. While there can sometimes be a lot of focus on the negatives,

This is Part 2 of our Relationship Basics series. Sometimes there’s no substitute for getting back to basics. It’s not uncommon to creep gradually into bad habits over time. Reviewing the fundamentals and continuously working on these foundational relationship skills will help ensure your relationship/marriage stays strong. A-F last time, now G-O. Stay tuned for

Oh, my Father, we live in such perilous times. I have no idea where we are going from here. Life as we have known it for generations seems to hang in the balance. Who will lead us as a nation? Can we get out of foreign wars? Will inflation continue to make it hard for