How to Avoid a Head-On Collision in Your Marriage
Car accidents often happen frighteningly fast. Driving experts say that calm, smart, evasive actions can save lives when a collision is looming. If you’ve ever had a near-miss, especially a head-on near miss, you know how terrifying it can be. In a flash, that quick swerve causes your heart to pump and mind to race through a million bewildered thoughts: Where did they come from? How did I not see that coming? What in the world just happened?
#122: 4 Things To Do When Your Spouse is Feeling Down (Podcast)
This can be a challenge for both husbands and wives. When your spouse is feeling down, it’s hard to put yourself in their shoes. There used to be days where Susan would vent to me about an issue with one of our children and really needed my support. Instead of showing her that support, I felt I needed to fix the problem and move on.
I would always want to fix the problem but that never works to resolve anything. So I’m learning how to uplift Susan when she’s down.
On today’s show, we will be discussing 4 things to do when your spouse is feeling down.
5 Thank You Letters to Send This Thanksgiving
There are lots of ways to celebrate Thanksgiving and actually be, well, thankful. We can memorialize all we are thankful for, even on the tablecloth. We can tell our children, spouse, friends, and family how much they mean to us, or review classic stories of gratitude in our country’s rich heritage that inspired the holiday. But this Thanksgiving, I urge you to write […]
7 Signs of Selfishness in Marriage
It’s the greatest enemy of every marriage: selfishness.
And sometimes it tends to sneak up on us. Most couples start out doing all they can to serve and make each other happy. But somewhere along the way, a willingness to go to the end of the world for the other person gets overtaken by a reluctance to even cross the room—to get them something or move towards them.
9 Things You Can Do When Your Teen is Drifting Away
The teen years can be a bumpy ride. It’s important that your teen is given the room and encouragement to become their own person, but what do you do when you sense that they are drifting or pulling away in an unhealthy manner?
Tips for Giving Advice to Your Adult Children
For years, I’ve marveled at how good my mom is at giving advice. She has a knack for knowing when, and how, to do so.
And as my kids have entered adulthood, I’m even more impressed by her example. But it can be so hard, with all my years of experiences and hard knocks, to keep my parental opinions to myself.
#121: Impacting a Child’s Life – Mentoring, Fostering, Adopting (Podcast)
We are in the month of November and some may not realize that this month is National Adoption Month. National Adoption Month hits home for both Susan and I because we have two adopted children as part of our family and are so blessed to be their parents.
Are you a Worrier or a Warrior?
What keeps you up at night? What problems consume your thoughts, causing you to assume something bad is going to happen? Are you a worrier or a warrior when it comes to the troubles in your life? Worrying is a common struggle for all of us. There’s always something to worry about: kids, jobs, health, […]
7 of the Best Parenting Decisions I’ve made as a Father
I have made plenty of mistakes in the 26 years I have been a father—and if you don’t believe me, you can ask my wife and five children! Thankfully, they love me and have forgiven me for the times I have messed up.
