So many dads and moms seem to feel that they are just not handling things as they would like. I’ve heard the following: 1. “I’m just not a very good mother right now. I am tired and on edge! I hate the way I have talked to my husband and children recently.” Sometimes those who… Continue reading Make Your Home Safe and Significant #2
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Make Your Home Safe and Significant! #1
This is an exhausting, tiring season for so many young families. The air is thick with anxiety! A health crisis. A financial crisis. A social crisis. You may be married with kids. You may be a single mom or dad. The truth is that no one is doing a work that is any more important… Continue reading Make Your Home Safe and Significant! #1
10 Ways to Murder a Marriage (Part 2)
The following post is a continuation of an earlier post (find it here) describing behaviors that can murder a marriage. 6. Refuse to forgive. Some couples fight and refuse to forgive. They stuff their anger, their resentments and their bitterness. They refuse to forgive and move on. The old negative behaviors of the past are… Continue reading 10 Ways to Murder a Marriage (Part 2)
10 Ways to Murder a Marriage
The following is part 1 of a two part post in which I reflect on how to destroy a marriage. We have been married for 34 years and have had a front row seat to many, many other marriages. 1. Create an atmosphere that no one would want to come home to in the evening. Do… Continue reading 10 Ways to Murder a Marriage
If You Are Not Praying for Your Children
(I am away on a vacation/study break during the month of July. The posts that appear during the month are from the archives.) If you as a parent are not praying for your children, then who is? This occurred to me a few years ago as I thought about my prayer life and my own… Continue reading If You Are Not Praying for Your Children
Guest Post: Walter Petticrew
Walter Petticrew recently left a comment on this blog in which he discussed some of the important practices of his family. I thought these were very good and needed to be read by our regular readers. My wife and I have two children. Our son, and elder child had muscular dystrophy and passed away two… Continue reading Guest Post: Walter Petticrew
The Messiness of Raising Children (Our Attempt)
Today is our oldest daughter’s birthday. It has hard to believe that 29 years ago, we had our first baby. Now Christine and her sister Jamie, are grown and have families of their own. I recently thought about the years we were together as a family. We were all learning together. We certainly made lots… Continue reading The Messiness of Raising Children (Our Attempt)
5 Ways to Build a Solid Foundation for Marriage
Are you young and newly married? Or, have you been married for a few years? Regardless, the attention you give to the foundation of your marriage is important. In fact, it is critical. How you build your married life together right now will impact you for many years to come. When Charlotte and I got… Continue reading 5 Ways to Build a Solid Foundation for Marriage
5 Ways to Communicate Value During Significant Moments
Last week was a busy time that included a funeral at our church on Friday and then a shower for our daughter the following day. In 24 hours, we went from grieving with our friends to a time of thankfulness and joy for our daughter and her fiance’. (They are getting married in August.) This… Continue reading 5 Ways to Communicate Value During Significant Moments
Marriage 101 (Where Do You Learn How to Be Married?)
Marriage can be difficult, in particular, when you have never seen a healthy marriage up close. Yet, this is the situation in which many young married couples find themselves. The couple, through no fault of their own, never had the opportunity to witness up close a healthy, godly marriage. I am referring to a marriage… Continue reading Marriage 101 (Where Do You Learn How to Be Married?)