“Throw yourself into everything you do so that everyone will see your progress.” (1 Timothy 4:15-16, BWM paraphrase) Since we’re about two months into the new year, I thought this would be a great time to check in with you for a little progress report. According to...
“By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (Jesus is John 13:35, NIV) Being as it’s February and the love month and Valentines and all that, I thought it might be a good time to blog about love. Well, actually loves. Because...
“If you want to change the world, you’ve got to think smaller.” Yes, I know that’s terribly counter-intuitive, even counter-cultural. Our world says think bigger and better. Even the Church gets caught up in this thinking. Chicago architect, Daniel Burnham, has been...
Routines “The quality of life you experience is a direct result of your routines.” This time of year, people talk about resolutions. “This year, I’m gonna do this or that!” But according to US News and World Report, about 80% of New Year’s Resolutions fail,...
Okay, we’ve all had those conversations. You know the ones. We need to talk about something important with our spouse – a concern, a frustration, or some other issue – and it ends up going south. We both end up angry, we feel unheard and unloved, and the...
All couples want to be happy in their marriages. But is that even possible? The reality is that on any given day I experience happiness in one moment, and not so much in another. This is normal. In my work as a counselor, I’ve come to understand that couples who...
