Marriage and Family Blog

The Meaning of the Lord’s Supper

April 3, 2016

What is The Lord’s Supper? The Lord’s Supper (Communion) is a sacred and symbolic way of remembering the death of Jesus and renewing our commitment to Him. During the Lord’s Supper, believers… • Remember Christ’s death on their behalf • Examine their lives in light of God’s mercy and love • Engage in confession and […]

How to Find What You’re Looking For in Marriage: Lessons From Hunting Mushrooms

March 30, 2016

We decide to get married because we’re looking for something and we believe we’ve found it in our spouse. But a few years into the marriage, we’re still looking for something and we’re wondering why our spouse is withholding it. What happened? There’s a general principle in life and marriage, and it’s this: we tend […]

What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 7: The Ending

March 17, 2016

(The posts in this series have been adapted from the “Relentless Love” marriage seminar, created and taught by David McKinley and Bret Legg at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.) In this series, we’ve talked about the things that go into making a good marriage story. We’ve talked about the author, the characters, the obstacles, […]

What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 6: The Action

March 7, 2016

(The posts in this series have been adapted from the “Relentless Love” marriage seminar, created and taught by David McKinley and Bret Legg at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.) If you’ve been following this series from the beginning, you already know about many of the parts of a good marriage story. You know about the author, […]

What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 5: The Guide

February 25, 2016

(The posts in this series have been adapted from the “Relentless Love” marriage seminar, created and taught by David McKinley and Bret Legg at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.) In this series, we’re looking at your marriage as if it were a story, and hopefully a good story that you and others want to read. We’ve been […]

What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 4: The Obstacles

February 18, 2016

(The posts in this series have been adapted from the “Relentless Love” marriage seminar, created and taught by David McKinley and Bret Legg at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.) In this series, we’re looking at your marriage as if it were a story and what goes into making it a good story that you and […]

What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 2: The Author

February 8, 2016

(The posts in this series have been adapted from the “Relentless Love” marriage seminar, created and taught by David McKinley and Bret Legg at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.) What story title would best describes the story of your marriage? Would it be Gone With the Wind? Love Story? The Big Chill? Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No […]

What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 1

January 29, 2016

(The posts in this series have been adapted from the “Relentless Love” marriage seminar, created and taught by David McKinley and Bret Legg at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.) Whether it’s War and Peace or Green Eggs and Ham, everyone loves a good story.  Children ask for them at bedtime, people tell them at work, individuals troll for […]

Doing the Right Thing is Never the Wrong Thing

January 18, 2016

There are times when doing the right thing seems to make matters worse. You try to defend your friend on the playground and you’re the one who gets beat up. An employer asks for an honest opinion then makes your life miserable because they didn’t like what you said. You stop to help a stranded motorist […]

When You Can’t Find the Merry in Christmas

December 22, 2015

We just put our Christmas decorations up…five days before Christmas! No, we’re not Scrooges and no, this is not typical for us. We were going to have the decorations up three weeks before Christmas, but that week turned out to be more demanding than we expected. (Don’t they all?) We did stick a naked tree in […]