Nagging is a marriage killer. So says a study reported in the recent Wall Street Journal article—“Meet the Marriage Killer.”

The article defines the nagging problem... Read More

I talked with a friend today about the death of her son.  She’s dreading the holidays without him. She and her husband are consumed with thoughts about him and seeing him again someday.
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I just came off of a great weekend with my son in woods of Northern Michigan. We slept out in a tent, cooked our food over the campfire or Coleman stove, drank the best coffee out of blue tin cups,... Read More

Parenting has always been a challenge. Jim Dobson nailed it years ago, “Parenting isn’t for cowards.” That sure has been my experience.

From the days of Adam and Eve... Read More

Publishers have exterminated many trees over the last 30 years  compiling the plethora of ideas on the topic of building a child’s self-esteem. Pastors, teachers, psychologists, counselors,... Read More

A young child once asked her father, “Daddy, who do you love the most, me or my brother?” The father wisely explained to his child that he loved each one of his children the same, but he sometimes... Read More

I can’t attend a wedding without that classic scene from Princess Bride running through my head. And again, on cue, it invaded the introductory moments of my nephew and his beautiful... Read More

Recently I caught the last part of the Christian flick Fireproof. The film is about Caleb Holt, a husband who sets out on one last ditch effort to save his troubled marriage to Catherine... Read More

I work with a lot of couples in crisis. Promises made at a wedding 3, 7, 15, or 28 years ago that expressed good intentions and carried so much hope were somehow forgotten. Vows are broken. Hearts... Read More

My brothers and I, along with our families and friends, buried our Mom last week. It was a bitter-sweet experience. The bitter–we all miss her deeply. The sweet–we know that after 81... Read More