My bride, The Gorgeous Redhead, and I recently decided to take the advice we give couples who just to want to make their relationships better. I told you a bit about this a couple weeks ago. You have heard us say moving from “What’s In It For Me?” to “How Can I Serve You Best?”…is …
Ask anyone today, “What is truth?” and you’re sure to start a sparked conversation. Is it absolute? Is it relative? Is it objective? Is it subjective? Is it completely personal to the individual? Try it on a university campus and you’re likely to receive laughter, scorn, and derision. The concept of truth has clearly fallen …
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I like coming back to this topic periodically and am doing it so now because my bride aka The Gorgeous Redhead just recently finished a weekend with a couple doing this very exercise and decided we needed to redo ours as well. It works like this. Make two lists: a) things I am willing to …
In the English language, ‘love’ is a catch-all term for many different kinds of feelings. This is only partly why English speakers are so comfortable slinging it around. If love knows no boundaries, then surely there’s no language barrier that could prevent us from being on the same page about what it means. In theory, …
Most of us start life believing other people…beginning with ‘Mom’s’ sole purpose is to make me happy. When that morphs into adult relationships, the sentiment prevails. Your job is to make me happy. What’s in it for me? Some call this the WIIFM syndrome. Problem is, happiness is an inside job. Happiness is a choice, …
A simple question. Do you live in Groundhog Day? One day following another…exactly the same. Get up, do your bathroom stuff, make coffee, maybe have breakfast, get kids’ lunches ready and them off to school, get ready for work…”bye, Love you…” and Hi Ho Hi Ho it’s off to work you go. End of the …
If you have or have had a two year old child, you know something about anger. It is a natural reaction when the child doesn’t get what he or she wants. I knew a little redheaded girl many years ago who would get so angry she would hold her breath until she passed out and …
One of our favorite resources in Marriage and Relationship Education is the Parrotts…Les and Leslie. They pioneered teaching relationship education at the University level at Seattle Pacific University in 1992. Since then they have blessed millions with their speaking, writing, and educating. Here’s a great article and a resource as you launch out in 2023. …
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:14 Sarah Hupp writes, “Did you know you started out as a single cell, and within that cell was enough DNA to hold the equivalent of 1000 volumes of coded blueprints? A thousand!! Or that the …
Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you’ve always wanted to do but couldn’t find the time. Call up a forgotten friend. Drop an old grudge, and replace it with some pleasant memories. Share a funny story with someone whose sprits are dragging. A good …
