Nuggets

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 […]

So, now what? Christmas Day…done. Gifts exchanged. You ate too much. Trash cans are full of boxes, wrapping paper, the little wire ties designed to frustrate those who unwrap toys, leftovers crowd the refrigerators. Did you do something for someone other than your own family this Christmas? Did you have some unexpected grief this year?

Are you one of those who puts up lights on the outside of your house the Friday after Thanksgiving? The Christmas yard art all in place and lit? The tree is up by the end of Sunday and fully decorated by Sunday NFL game time? What are You Doing for Christmas this Year? Are you

“Spouting off before listening to the facts is…shameful and foolish.” Proverbs 18:13 NLT Someone said “getting married is like buying something you have admired for ages in a shop window. You love it—but when you get it home, it doesn’t always go with everything!” The Bible gives us three words that are essential to building

The most common of all life experiences except birth is death. George Bernard Shaw once remarked that one out of one of us dies. Sometimes you can see it creeping up on you from a long way off and at other times it thrusts its head into your life without warning. Which ever way it

Barb and I are firm believers in collecting and practicing traditions and celebrations. I have shared with you how meaningful it is to take turns planning our wedding anniversary celebrations. The collection of memories we have recorded make treasured remembrances when we pull out our journal and revisit all those good times. I highly recommend

One of my favorite practitioners of strong and healthy marriage is SCOTT STANLEY, of Focus on the Family. Dr. Scott Stanley is a research professor and co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver. He has authored or co-authored a number of popular books on marriage, including A Lasting Promise.

Why memories are so important. How many of you measure your success in marriage on the amount of ‘stuff’ you get and give each other. Some of you do. Let me ask you about your best childhood gift from when you were 9 years old…OK, think about it, I’ll wait… Unless you are some kind

I am certain there are some, but I just don’t know anybody approaching marriage who does not expect Once upon a Time…They lived happily Ever After. All the romance and enthusiasm of courtship, by expectation, expected to extend into marriage. That is just wrong on multiple counts. How many of you reading this have ever

“For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” Pr 23:7 NKJV Every family has generational “issues” they struggle with. These are things our parents and grandparents passed to us like addiction, abuse, anger, anxiety, lust, fear, etc. Often we say, “It just runs in my family, I can’t do anything about it.”