Marriage and Family Blog

4 Things That Can Disrupt Your Sex Life.

March 22, 2016

I don’t write much about sex in this blog. It’s not that I’m uncomfortable with the topic. Maybe it’s because I know a lot of wives read this blog and I don’t want to come across as the “typical male who’s only thinking about one thing.” Maybe it’s because there’s so much out there on […]

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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, […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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What Makes a Good Marriage Story – Part 3: The Characters

February 11, 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 are looking at your marriage as a story and what goes into making that story good. We looked at the author […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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How To Deal With Interrup…

January 15, 2016

Everyone gets interrupted. It happens every day. You start to do something and you get a call from that telemarketer you’re so fond of. You sit down at your computer to begin working and your email begins to ding as if you’ve just hit the jackpot on a slot machine in Vegas.  You’re getting one child ready […]

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