Nuggets

Father, my God and my LORD, I do understand that bad things happen to good people and even to venerable places of worship, but it is almost impossible for me not to ask WHY?? Why did the venerable old sanctuary at FBC Dallas burn? What lessons are we to learn from this tragedy? I know […]

One of our favorite resources is PREP, Inc. – Successful Relationships – Successful Lives the work of Scott Stanley and Howard Markman https://www.prepinc.com. They raised this question and they reported from a study undertaken by the US Department of Health and Human Services. What gives these stalwarts in the battle for strong marriages confidence to ask and answer

Relationships are like competing in a Grand Prix road race. We’re not talking about a lazy Sunday afternoon drive through the countryside looking at the cotton, wheat or corn. Relationships are complicated, high-speed stuff. The smallest misjudgment can cause you to spin out, crash into the barriers and destroy a very expensive vehicle. To be successful in

Barb and I have 6 big strong grandsons and one little grand princess. Our boys range in age from 21-31 years of age. By the time we were their ages, we had been married and had a couple of children. First, some hard questions. Do you know how many children per family are required to

School is out almost everywhere. Whether you have kids still in school or not, most families are looking forward to or are already on some kind of vacation. If you do have kids in school, the chaos of having them at home begins in earnest. “Mom, I’m bored.” “Can I play on my PS2?” You

Scheduling sex is something that many couples resist. On the surface, putting sex on the calendar sounds unpleasant, like an item on a to-do list. You might even argue that it takes away spontaneity. How can that be fun? But from research, we know that scheduling sex actually works for many couples. If you’re wondering

But no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. (James 3:8) Shortly after midnight on Saturday, April 26, 1986, routine maintenance was in progress at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the north east corner of the Ukraine when an uncontrolled power surge raced through reactor No. 4,

Today’s NUGGET is respectfully reposted from Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott…some of my relationship education favorites. You’ll love them, too. Here’s a question for you. Do you and your spouse ever dwell on what might have been? Ruminating on alternative scenarios, such as being married to someone different from your spouse, can create tension in

Elizabeth Barrett Browning penned…’grow old along with me, the best is yet to be, the last of life for which the first was made.’ ( I borrowed part of this from a prior Nugget.) So much of our culture is built on physical beauty…but the older we get the more the allergy to gravity takes

When something unforeseen and unpleasant and permanent thrusts its ugly head into your life…like the death of someone you really love, what will be the “Oh, if Onlies…” in your memory. None of us is promised another day here on earth…none of us. It became clear to me again when a young mother running an