Nuggets

Who among us does not remember the Di/Charles wedding with all the pomp and promise…and yet, colossal failure ensued There is hope for those of you who have been wounded in your marriage or from a divorce. The next three NUGGETS continue to share how fellow strugglers have found new life, healing, happiness and promise […]

The year was 1975. I had just completed doctoral studies at Southwestern Seminary a mere four years before and I was the second youngest ever to complete that work at the time. I was slated to return to the Seminary as an adjunct professor that fall with a view toward full faculty status the following

Men, this NUGGETis for you. How many of you came to marriage with the notion that your new bride was going to meet all your needs and expectations. She would be a gourmet cook in the kitchen, a wizard at keeping the house spotless. She would be a fashion model in the daytime and eye-candy

Keep your eyes open, hold tight to your convictions, give it all you’ve got, be resolute, and love without stopping. (I Corinthians 16:13-14) If you were creating the perfectr recipe for romantic love, what would be your top ingredients? It is interesting that there is now a mountain of new research which reveals what matters

Dear God, please train me to respond to my blessings with more gratitude and less feeling like I am entitled to them. And prepare me to let go of anything You take from me—without letting go of Your hand! Help me count my blessings in gratitude all day today, for Jesus’ sake. Amen Verse for

When Barb and I got married nearly 36 years ago, we had no intimacy…we thought we did, but alas, all we had was sex. We had sex, and for awhile that was enough, but that’s an outward type of intimacy. On the inside, we barely had any connection at all, and we were busy teaching

Do any of these statements describe your marriage? If you agreed with one or more of these, you are probably feeling disconnected from your spouse. The good news is there’s hope for your marriage. All marriages — even the really good ones — need regular care. The routine of jobs, kids, chores, and other commitments

Below are 20 wise marriage tips from a friend pf mine who was recently divorced. You wouldn’t normally think that a divorced man would give good advice on being a husband, but this man has been through enough hardship to know what is worth fighting for. He learned the hard way…you do not have to

“Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.” (Proverbs 4:25) If you make overzealous resolutions today for 2024, in just a short while you will begin to pave the road to Hell with them. How about on this first day of January, 2024 you create Minimum of 2 “Resolves” for

A Christmas Day prayer: Dear Father, please, this day, give me the same wide-eyed wonder and excitement I had as a six year old boy in red flannel footie pajamas when I bounded down the stairs on Christmas morning. As a grandfather, I pray for the same sense of awe when I celebrate the virgin