Nuggets

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

Nearly 37 years ago, Barb and I said, “I Do!” and we meant it…we just didn’t know what the DO part meant. It wasn’t until the new wore off and we began to DO the same old things which hadn’t worked before in marriage that we decided there had to be some things we did

Kids are heading back to school and most parents shout Hallelujah! They are building a foundation of the skills and knowledge that will carry them through life. Often at the start of the year and at certain points throughout, teachers will dedicate time to reviewing what’s already been covered. The purpose, of course, is to

Grateful to PREPARE/ENRICH for this article. They publish the best diagnostic tool for couples to diagnose issues in their marriages. We use it all the time. Everyone is busy to some extent, right? In today’s world, it’s almost a badge of honor – the busier you are, the more productive you must be. While I

Our friends at Prepare/Enrich offer these great suggestions for adding spontaneity to your marriage. Do you and your spouse like to fly by the seat of your pants, or do you like to plan things out and know what’s going to happen? Or maybe you’re a combination of both. Wherever you fall, the realities of

Dear LORD, I really want to be able to deliver unconditional love wherever I go. Unfortunately, I don’t always live up to my aspirations. I am so sorry for my failures. Sometimes I take chunks out of people whom I love and am less than loving to the people who mean the most to me

I’m passionate about the intersection of entrepreneurship and marriage. Entrepreneurship is lonely when things aren’t good at home, and having been a serial entrepreneur over the decades, this rings true for me. So, here’s an idea for you. Plan to spend one wk/year on vacation with your spouse (no kids). Here are 50 questions can

There is a better way and here is a start! One thing for sure, you cannot wiggle your nose and hope your marriage is just going to get better on its own. Hope is not a strategy. It does not work that way, no matter how much you wish it would. Since our society doesn’t