By the way: I do recommend this book for everyone married or not. As a counselor it improved my counseling talents incredibly and changed a lot of relationships for the better.
This is an excerpt from the email I sent to my men’s leadership group. They have committed to reading a book a month on a variety of [...]
Archive for the ‘Marriage’ Category
Women: Let’s get help – Men: We don’t need help
Posted in Books, Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, Family, LCC, Leadership, Marriage, My Church, RELIGION, Self-Help, What I'm Reading, tagged dating, Gary Chapman, love, marriage counseling, men, relationships, The Five Love languages, women, women's issues on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday Movie: Julie and Julia – Inspiring
Posted in Check it Out, Current Events, Entertainment, Family, Marriage, movies, tagged Amy Adams, blogging, chick flick, cooking, date night, hope, influence, inspiring, Julie and Julia, life change, love, Marriage, Meryl Streep, movie candy, movie review, movies, perseverance, self-esteem, success, thankful on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If there is any doubt in your mind, this is a chick flick to the nth degree. It is probably a really good movie for a bunch of ladies to enjoy together after swinging by Walgreens and getting some movie candy. (I recommend Whoppers or Hot Tamales) Since a big part of the movie is [...]
Video of the Week – Pre-wedding Dance up the Aisle
Posted in Check it Out, Entertainment, Family, Good News, Marriage, RELIGION, tagged dance, funny, video, wedding on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Great video of a wedding party dancing up the aisle before the ceremony….
When Your Spouse Won’t Change
Posted in Christian Living, Current Events, Faith, Family, Marriage, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged anxiety, christian, christianity, culture, happiness, hope, influence, Jesus, joy, life, life change, love, Marriage, marriage counseling, relationships, RELIGION on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have not done a marriage post in a while. Gary Chapman has a good article in Christianity Today on how to get your spouse to change something that irritates you. You don’t demand change, you request it. Chapman writes there is a safe three step art to doing it without causing fights. And if after [...]
Study: Teens Who Listen to Songs About Sex More Likely to Have Sex
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Current Events, Faith, Family, History, Leadership, Marriage, Messed Up World, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged anxiety, behavior, children, christian, christianity, counseling, culture, Garbage in-Garbage out, GIGO, God, influence, Jesus, life, lifestyle, lyrics, media, music, parenting, parenting teens, positive thinking, preteen, relationships, RELIGION, self-esteem, spirituality, teens, thought, truth, worldview on March 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I don’t know if the term is really used any more. But I remember in my Computer Science class at Northlake College, in 1977, learning the phrase GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out). According to Wikipedia, “It is used primarily to call attention to the fact that computers will unquestioningly process the most nonsensical of input [...]
The First Valentine Card from St. Valentine
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Family, History, Marriage, tagged culture, fun, history channel, history of valentine's day, holiday, influence, joy, lifestyle, Marriage, relationships, romance, romantic, st. valentine, thankful, valentines card, valentines day on February 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The History Channel, www.history.com has a history of Valentine’s Day including the pagan background. Emperor Claudius the second would not let his soldiers get married so a priest, Father Valentine would secretly marry soldiers to their brides. He was imprisoned for breaking the no marriage law and the day he was to be executed he passed on the [...]
Spending Less on Valentine
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Family, History, Marriage, Self-Help, tagged culture, dating, fun, happiness, lifestyle, love, Marriage, marriage counseling, relationships, valentines day, valentines gifts on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here we are just a couple of days away from Valentines Day and I know that most guys have not purchased whatever they are purchasing this year and most of the girls done had it spent…..It used to be comforting or embarrassing at midnight on the 14th to see other men buying what was left over [...]
Bogus Kurt Warner Meeting Wife Story
Posted in Books, Check it Out, Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Family, Good News, History, Leadership, Marriage, RELIGION, tagged Arizona Cardinals, blessings, children, christian, christianity, football, God, happiness, hope, influence, Jesus, joy, Kurt warner, lifestyle, love, Marriage, marriage counseling, NFL, parenting, pro football, relationships, RELIGION, Super Bowl, thankful on January 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In 2000, after Kurt Warner had lead the St Louis Rams to a Super Bowl win and won the MVP award, a friend of mine gave me a copy of Kurt Warner’s biography, All Things Possible. He said it was very inspirational and I should read it and pass it on. I confess. I got [...]
Nine Ways to Connect Better with God in ‘09
Posted in Bible Study, Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, Faith, Leadership, Marriage, Prayer, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, tagged communication with God, God, inspirational, Jesus, pray, self improvement, self-worth, spiritual life, spirituality on January 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I know people are always looking for better ways to focus and get connected with God. It is so easy t get caught up in the business of life and only pray during the 911 emergency times or when schedules through church services or before dinner or bed.
What are you doing to improve your communication [...]
Answer for New Year-Better Life
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Current Events, Faith, Good News, Leadership, Marriage, Psalms, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, tagged change, changed life, lifestyle, New Year, resolutions on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Psalm 1 NLT
1 Oh, the joys of those who do not
follow the advice of the wicked,
or stand around with sinners,
or join in with mockers.
2 But they delight in the law of the Lord,
meditating on it day and night.
3 They are like trees planted along the riverbank,
bearing fruit each season.
Their leaves never wither,
and they prosper in [...]
Lie, Cheat, and Steal: Product of a Post-Christian Culture
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Current Events, Faith, Family, History, Leadership, Marriage, Messed Up World, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged culture, ethics, God, Jesus, morals, parenting, parenting teens, teens, truth, young adult on December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I continue to read stories of Christianity and the influence of Christianity shrinking in America. We are now being officially called a post-Christian society. Yes…. That should upset you a little. There does seem to be a church on every corner…..at least in most of the country.
So why are Christians not having a positive effect [...]
Audio of the week: Winning the Battle Within – Anger
Posted in Bible Study, Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, Entertainment, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, Marriage, RELIGION, Self-Help, tagged anger, audio, coaching, counseling, dealing with anger, God, Jesus, Life Connection Church, marriage and family, marriage counseling, Royal Farris, self-esteem, self-worth, sermon audio, sermons on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think you would agree that most of us battle with anger. Some of us know we do, and others are in denial even though we are told by the one’s who love us we are angry. We can win the Battle Within over anger.
This is a teaching I did on winning the battle with [...]
Friday Movie Review: Twilight
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Faith, Family, Leadership, Marriage, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, movies, tagged culture, influence, movie review, movie reviews, parenting, parenting teens, teens, Twilight on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Judging from the Myspace and Facebook comments I have seen all week, there are a lot of teenage girls going to watch the movie Twilight this weekend. It is the beginning of a series of movies based on a series of novels that teenage girls love to read about vampires. In the trailer the male lead asks [...]
Jesus Put the Healing in Rest
Posted in Bible Study, Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, Faith, Good News, LCC, Leadership, Marriage, My Church, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, e-note, tagged Bible, Bible Study, Bible teaching, church in Euless, city of euless, Euless, God, healed, healing, Jesus, joy, love, peace, rest, sabbath, texas on November 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Weekly e-note to Life Connection Churchin Euless, TX
Dear Friends,
I am working on my back porch today and we have roses blooming in the back yard. This is Texas, it is November, and it is awesome. For those of you across the country who were wishing you lived somewhere like here really bad, come on down, [...]
Biblical Answers and Opinions to Sex Questions -3
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Current Events, Faith, Marriage, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged anxiety, biblical answers to sex, Christian Living, christianity, counseling, culture, love, marriage counseling, married, married couples, peace, premarital counseling, premarital sex, relationships, sex therapy, single on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is my third post that links to Mark Driscoll, Pastor of Mars Hill in Seattle Washington. He is teaching a series on marriage based on The Song of Solomon. He is getting a lot of questions about Biblical answers to sex questions. Today I am just going to give you a list of the [...]
