What I Learned About Family from My 6 Favorite Christmas Movies
The lights are hung on the tree. The cookies are baking. The fire in the fireplace is warming your toes. And of course, you are humming along to songs like “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” The Christmas Season is finally here. So if you’re looking for some good movies to watch during these next few weeks, here are some of my favorites and what each one has taught me important things about family.
1. A Christmas Carol. In this timeless classic, we find the selfish Ebenezer Scrooge with a hatred for all things Christmas. Through different influential events in the movie, Scrooge transforms from a man of bitterness and selfishness to a man of love. He learns, through Tiny Tim, that having a family you love and that loves you is all-important. What are the other 5?
10 More Things Wives Want to Hear from Their Husbands
A couple of years ago, I wrote 10 Things Wives Want to Hear from their Husbands. I was surprised at the incredible reaction to the post as thousands shared, tweeted, pinned, posted, and liked it. So I thought I’d go to the well again and share these 10 more things wives want to hear from […]
10 More Things Husbands Want to Hear from Their Wives
As I’ve shared in several blog posts, the tongue is powerful and words can hurt or heal, tear down or build up. People crave words that help, heal, affirm, build up, and breathe life. Because so many shared, tweeted, pinned, posted, and liked my previous post, 10 Things Husbands Want to Hear from their Wives, […]
Are You Equipped to Love Your Family Well?
Have you ever seen pictures of the people in African villages washing clothes, bathing, and drinking from an unsafe water source? Day after day, they’re consuming dirty, diseased water, and they are getting sick and dying. In the same way, people in our country are getting sick from a lack of clean, truthful resources. If […]
How to Be Available for Parenting Teenagers
The moments you have with your teenager at home are limited. There are only so many evenings when your whole family will be able to sit around and eat together, talk together, and laugh together. I’d like to encourage you to be strategic in how you spend your time—especially when it comes to being […]
6 Ways Your Marriage Can Thrive in a Busy Season
I’ve come to the conclusion that more often than not, we find ourselves in a busy season of life. There is always a new assignment at work, another child’s dance recital to attend, another book to read, a new trip to take, another practice to drive the kids to, another meal to cook, another day of yard work…the list goes on and on. So how can our marriage not only survive but thrive in these seasons?
3 Truths to Remember When You’re Feeling Worthless
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
When Henry David Thoreau came to this conclusion, I’m afraid he may have gotten it right. So many people are desperate in their marriages and in other relationships. They are suffering in silence with feelings of inadequacy and failure and don’t know what to do about it.
So how do you battle these lies of worthlessness and begin to understand that you are valuable? Remember these 3 truths when you’re feeling worthless.
“If, Then” Marriage Cycle
Does this sound familiar to you? “Honey, if you would just plan fun things for us to do, then I would spend more time with you.” “If you would spend more time with me, then I wouldn’t be so cranky.” “If you weren’t so cranky, then I would plan fun things for us to […]
8 Inspirational Family Quotes
It’s always the little moments that turn into the big ones. We all know those moments I’m talking about—when your daughter loses her first tooth, when your son learns to ride a bike, when you see your kids and spouse waiting in the driveway as you get home from work. The value of a […]
