2022: Resolve to Obey
Last year I closed out the year with an ar ticle on resolving to forgive in 2021. I’d be curi ous how we did with the resolution to forgive. For me, I continued to wrestle with hurt from someone that I said would never, ever betray me. It’s been a hurt that continued for several years, but God reminds me of what Jesus said as He was being crucified: “Forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
Relate Well Live Well is ALL IN for Marriages and Families
At a time when our society is in turmoil and many families are in crisis, dealing with more stressors than ever before, Relate Well Live Well is launching a 10-year initiative entitled “All In” for marriage and families.
What’s Your EQ?
We all know that IQ measures intelligence, but are you aware of EQ? EQ is our emotional intelligence. In the best-selling book, Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman documented the research indicating that IQ intelligence only accounts for about 20 percent of a person’s success in life. So what accounts for the other 80%? Researchers believe a…
Trust Builds Love
For months we’ve had rioting in the streets, elections at the highest level in our nation inundated with accusations of fraud, churches fractured over leadership decisions, a news media that’s increasingly biased by personal opinion, a pandemic that’s gripped the world, and a tragic suicide bombing on Christmas morning. Fear and lack of trust are…
What Stands In The Way Becomes The Way
I like you, open my email daily and find worthy writers’ devotionals and musings. I often click “delete” for lack of time. I remind myself that I should read my Bible first, then if I have time, read the pondering of others. This week I came across famous quotes and stumbled upon a quote by…
Back to the Present
Back in Time Family, the stuff we’re made of. Where do we come from? Where do you feel most at home? “The Hillbilly Elegy” is the top 10 movie on Netflix. It’s a story of a Yale law student that receives an urgent phone call that pulls him back to his Ohio hometown, where he…
Cohabitation Versus Marriage
Last month we explored the trend of Christian couples living together from a faith perspective. We know what Jesus says about premarital sex…. it’s a big no; it’s a sin. The assumption is if you’re living together, you’re having sex. Let’s explore what the secular, academic communities research reveals versus what we choose or want…
Do You Treat Your Marriage Like Your Business?
My husband and I grew up in homes where the order of life was spoken and lived out; God first, family second and work third. Biblically speaking, we would say God first, marriage second, children third and work fourth. We tell married couples that the best gift you can give your child is a good…
Does Loving Myself Have Any Bearing On Loving Others?
“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?“ Jesus declared, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on…
Give the Gift of Love
My eyes still well up in tears every Christmas as I watch the end of the Christmas classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” George Bailey has just realized how precious life is, what a beautiful family he has, and then the bank president and local police come to arrest him. That’s when the magic happens! George’s…