Blogs Posted Under Relationships

If you are a parent like I am, you know the extent of a parent’s love.  If you are a parent of a young teenager, which I am, than you know of the contrasting, opposing, confrontational, and pressure-cooker moments of parenting that require you to love with a smile, yet pull out your hair when they aren’t looking. It is hard work. But there is a silent creed that all good parents know, yet we rarely convey to your child. Which brings me to today’s entry.  Always.. || Continue Reading →

I think that as Christians we tend to believe that if we are really nice people and always happy, that people will know that we are Christians and will want to pursue a relationship with Christ.   However, that is just not true. I know quite a number of the nicest people I know and they do not have a relationship with Jesus.  In fact, they are nicer than quite a number of Christians that I know. However, if you really want to know how the world is to know who it is that is truly.. || Continue Reading →

Again, I want to stress that I am not a professional marriage counselor. However, what I have learned about marriage comes not from having the perfect marriage, but less than perfect marriage. This allows me to learn first-hand some important lessons with regards to saving your marriage or maintaining the spark that lasts for the duration of your vows (which last time I checked was for the rest of your LIFE). Tip #2: Regularly Date Your Spouse Too often, marriages get stuck.. || Continue Reading →

If you are like me, communicating things to your spouse usually comes in the form of passing ships in the night. In between running errands, work, tending to the kids, you usually try to catch up on the day with a mouth full of toothpaste while getting ready for bed. And this is usually for the small things of the day. Many times the things we would like to say to encourage or show love don’t get the time of devotion that they need. Tip #2: “Notes” Leaving.. || Continue Reading →

I am not going to begin to proclaim that I am an expert on marriage. My wife and I are going to be celebrating our 13th anniversary this year. But our journey as spouses has been met with its own set of challenges that come in different seasons of our lives. And through it, we have discovered that marriage has its valleys and mountains. The valleys are the times when you feel more like roommates in co-habitation, than lovers. Do you ever feel like that? The mountains are the.. || Continue Reading →