Marriage and Family Blog

Do You Really Want a Better Marriage?

March 8, 2018

Do you really want a better marriage? Sounds like a stupid question, doesn’t it? Who wouldn’t want a better marriage? No one wants their marriage to be bad, yet so many marriages continue to languish in various states of dissatisfaction, irritability, and outright hostility. What is it that keeps so many spouses wishing they had […]

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What If We Built Our Marriage On Pooh?

February 15, 2018

  Winnie the Pooh is a classic in children’s literature. As young children, we listened to adults read the great adventures of Pooh and his friends. As older children, we sat transfixed in front of a screen as Walt Disney made those adventures come to life. Then, as parents, we read those same adventures to […]

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How to Waste Your Marriage…and Your Life

February 5, 2018

It’s so easy to waste your marriage on things that don’t benefit you or your spouse. The problem is, you often don’t realize it until it’s too late. So below are 5 contributors to a wasted marriage that you need to watch for. (To help you remember them, they’re form the acronym W.A.S.T.E.)

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The Principle of Praise

February 4, 2018

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. —Philippians 4:4 “God is glorified in His people when we offer praise in the midst of problems and pain.” —David H. McKinley “Praise of God is a frequent theme in the Psalms, the Hebrew title of which is Praises. Yet praise is a theme that […]

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Time with God

January 30, 2018

Have you ever wanted to be with someone so much that you took advantage of every opportunity to be with them? Maybe you felt this way when you were dating. you were so much in love, you wanted to spend as much time with them as you could…even if no one said anything! Have you […]

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Mishaps in Messaging

January 25, 2018

  My wife is not much for talking on the phone. She prefers to text, so she often texts rather than calls. The problem is, if she’s texting someone when we’re together, I have no idea who she’s talking to, because I can’t hear her part of the conversation. This leads me to frequently ask […]

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How to Embrace Change

January 13, 2018

  People who know me know I am not a handyman. I’m someone who can turn a simple fifteen minute fix-it job into an all day nightmare. I am the guy from whom repair people make their money. So with that in mind, here’s the story… It was around eight in the evening and my […]

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Have You Lost the Magic?

January 7, 2018

  Couples come into my counseling office for many reasons. Some are having on-going conflicts they can’t resolve. Others are having trouble with their parents or in-laws. Some are struggling in their sexual relationship. Others are at odds over finances. And some just seem to have different ideas about what makes for a good marriage. But […]

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Fearing Forward – The New Year

December 31, 2017

  Some face a new year with much anticipation. Others face a new year with some fear and dread. As you look back over the last twelve months, maybe your life took some hits. Maybe your marriage is still reeling from things you could never have foreseen. The following guest post by Connie Law Plummer […]

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Merry Christmas

December 25, 2017
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