I have an important topic to talk about with the men today, but I think it definitely applies to us all. Can I ask you a personal question? What defines you? You may think about all the questions someone ask you when you first meet them. The questions they ask in order to get to know you. What’s your name?… Read More
Archives for February 2016
Two Ways You Can Invest in Your Marriage Starting Now
Are you making regular investments into your marriage? Sitting across the table, legs curled underneath me and money hidden under my thigh, I rolled the dice and advanced to Boardwalk. It was Thursday night, date night, and we were feeding our competitive nature with a simple board game. The conversation rolled around from work to play to children to planning,… Read More
What it Really Takes to Build a Healthy Marriage
Mark and I do not have the perfect marriage. We are a work in progress like everyone else. We fight. We make-up. We pray. We whine. We pick. We love. We play. We rest. But through it all, the one thing we want to be sure we’re doing is growing in the Lord. As a matter of fact, Mark was… Read More
Your Intentional Family Starts with Your Marriage
The first five years of our marriage was a combination of exciting discovery and the frustrating process of molding my spouse into the idol I wanted her to be. To be bluntly honest, it was much less enjoyable than I had hoped for, and she didn’t think as highly of me as I thought she should have. I mean come… Read More
Don’t Let These Fears Keep You From Building an Intentional Family
As you build your intentional family, you might have a lot of questions and even fears. You might be asking: How can the Word of God fill my home when I don’t know but a handful of scriptures from memory myself? How can I teach my children when I don’t understand the entire Bible? What if I’m still figuring out… Read More