I’ve never placed my wife as number one in our relationship. For the first 20 years of our marriage I had completely selfish reasons for not putting her first. For the last 13 years of our marriage…
Parenting is a lifetime appointment. The fact that you are a parent remains regardless of your child’s age. However, the stages of parenting change as our children get older. Know What Parenting Stage You Are In Here’s…
Reflecting back on our marriage I can clearly see the “one thing” I had done that lead to a lot of pain, broken trust, and wounded love. This “one thing” did enormous harm to our…
It’s been said, ‘‘You cannot give what you do not have.” Here’s an example. If someone asks me for ten thousand dollars, I could write that person a check for the ten thousand bucks, but…
To build anything that will hold up under the toughest of conditions and storms that will come, it is crucial to have a quality foundation. To maintain structural integrity over time, using quality materials to build that foundation…
Marriage. It’s the most exciting life-long journey a man and woman can take together. It’s a hilly, bumpy, and at times, treacherous and painful trek. It can also be filled with unspeakable beauty, joy, intimacy, times…
Hopelessness is an overwhelming emotion. It can completely block out the light at the end of the tunnel. Thoughts of surrender, running away, fear, shame and more run through your mind. As I reflect on…
A man’s 30-year-long use of pornography had been discovered by his wife, and his oldest daughter was fighting for her life in the grips of an eating disorder. After over 6 months of living like…
Intimacy is not spelled S-E-X—or at least not primarily. The sexual relationship with our wives should be a by-product of the everyday intimacy in our lives. Intimacy given rightly, given freely, and given not for…
