I’ve been on several mission trips with my church or related to my work. My wife has been able to accompany me on some trips. I’ve had the opportunity to travel to other countries and experience different cultures while helping to implement life-changing practices. Being able to use the skills and abilities God gives you [...]
Read more →Pam and Jason* have been struggling for a long time in their marriage for a variety of reasons. They spent hours and hours in counseling trying to figure out a way to make it work. Recently they decided they were no longer going to make the effort and that it was time to move [...]
Read more →People often think that forgiveness is about letting another person off the hook. This type of belief leads to a hesitancy in wanting to forgive because there is a feeling that the person who did the hurting needs to suffer for their deed. Therefore, people carry unforgiveness in their heart like a weapon of revenge, [...]
Read more →As a kid, I used to love reading stories about detectives who made a living saving the day or solving a crime by noticing the smallest little clue or detail that others had overlooked. These pieces to the puzzle gave the brilliant investigators insight and perspective on “what really happened” in the case. While these [...]
Read more →Anger is often viewed negatively, but truly it’s not anger that’s bad, it’s the way we sometimes respond to anger that can be detrimental. It’s like a fever. People view it as bad but it’s actually good because it means your body is fighting an infection. The symptoms of a fever, however, are what can [...]
Read more →The clock indicates that you have five minutes until your appointment time. Yet the mileage left to drive there will take longer than that at the speed you are currently driving. Instinctively your foot presses down harder on the gas pedal. You feel like you’re gaining ground. Relaxing slightly, you glance in the rear view [...]
Read more →A little over two years ago, we launched a campaign at Winning At Home called Stay Married For Life. Since that time our mission has not wavered. Our focus continues to be encouraging people to publicly commit to stay married for life. Since 2007, over 40,000 people have taken a stand for marriage. This is [...]
Read more →The pornography business has grown to a $13 billion a year industry. An estimated count is that 60% of all websites are pornographic. Pornography has a pervasive presence in the world and there seems to be no stopping it. Pornography is lethal to marriages. Men or women who indulge in it, have the potential for [...]
Read more →I think reading is a great recreational activity. Fiction books are a wonderful way to engage the imagination and non-fiction books are a conduit for gathering information and learning. I’m a big proponent of reading and as a counselor, I do my fair share of it. I can’t say I read romantic novels and apparently [...]
Read more →I am blessed to be married to my wife. Among her many talents and gifts, she has a great financial mind. That equates to peace of mind for me as she does our personal finances. She is wise with budgets and numbers and has done accounting for various organizations at different times in her professional [...]
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