Nuggets

Most of us express love the way we want to be loved rather than the way our partners want to be loved. It’s just a fact. Do you find difficulty in communicating your own needs and desires in a relationship? If so, you are not alone. Many people struggle in this area. Unfortunately, withholding this […]

Dear Father, I know one of the best ways to reach out to You is to sing praises to You . . . So when problems are weighing me down, or my thoughts wander when in prayer, remind me to break free by singing to You—with music, with shouts, even in whispers. May I ever

It is an old saw that you can be right all the time or you can be happy. Seldom can you be both. When confronted with a chance to jump on your soapbox and shout loudly about why you are RIGHT, consider just closing your mouth and breathing while giving consideration to just being kind

Romantic love is more complex than we think, so say Les and Leslie Parrott. Listen to them. Most of us grow up thinking we understand love. As we grow, we learn love is much more intricate than ever thought. And, there are different types of love to consider, including familial love, friendship, and romantic love.

What? Why can’t I be both. You just can’t. You will choose one or the other, and if you don’t choose to be happy, you will be right and alone. Here’s why. Men and women just don’t think the same way. One is not better than the other…they are just different. Adrian Rogers on his

  The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana was one of the most-watched romantic real-life events of the twentieth century. Between the legitimate longings of our hearts, and the way the Disney Empire has fed our romantic fantasies for fairy tales, aren’t you captivated by storybook romances. Once upon a time…they lived happily ever

The wedding march has begun, the doors at the back of the church burst open and in a flowing white gown the bride and her Dad start down the aisle with all eyes except hers on her.  She looks down the long aisle, sees the altar, and  him, the man of her dreams, and she

Stage 2 of Relationships – Power Plays Neither of us entered marriage thinking it wouldn’t be a strain.Life has strains in it, and he’s the person I want to strain with.-Patricia Arquette In a word, yes I am.  Let’s take a few minutes to look a little deeper at the Power Play Stage. All relationships

Stage 2 of Relationships – Power Plays A young woman rushed in excitedly to tell her Mom, “I have found a man just like Dad!”  Her Mom replied, “What do you want from me, sympathy?” Dude, you told me one of the selection criteria was about my parents having an influence on the person I

Are there differences in how you and your mate do some things which act like fingernails down a chalk board? How about for dating me? For those of you who have never seen a chalk board, it was usually a black or green slate board upon which we wrote with chalk in school (like sidewalk