January 30, 2017 12:15 amPublished by Family FirstLeave your thoughts
As humans, we are not meant to be isolated. We all crave deep and lasting connections with other people. But we know it’s possible to feel alone in the middle of a crowd, and it’s possible to sleep in the same bed with someone for years and still feel lonely. Many of us never expect to...
November 29, 2016 12:48 pmPublished by Family FirstLeave your thoughts
One for him, one for her… Two books of simple steps to the marriage you want. It’s no secret that there is a wide emotional gap between men and women. Couples crave love and attention from one another, but they don’t always know how to show it. LISTS TO LOVE BY FOR BUSY WIVES and...
September 13, 2016 2:59 pmPublished by Family FirstLeave your thoughts
Over the last few years, Susan and I have dropped off three of our kids at college. Each time was hard. Each time I cried all the way home. Like a lot of parents sending their freshman to college, Susan and I wondered, “Did we prepare them well? Did we do enough? Will they remember...
September 13, 2016 2:55 pmPublished by Family FirstLeave your thoughts
I used to think men were pretty simple creatures– and that I could read my husband easily. But then I came across something written by marriage expert, author, and radio host Stephen Arterburn, and I realized I’d missed the boat on what my husband might be feeling, and how he and many men are keeping secrets. Here’s what...
September 13, 2016 2:50 pmPublished by Family FirstLeave your thoughts
Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus. That’s the name of a popular book by John Gray and a phrase used to describe the differences between men and women, husbands and wives. We look different, we are wired different, our anatomy is different, and we communicate differently. Boy, do we communicate differently! With...
August 11, 2016 3:05 pmPublished by Family FirstLeave your thoughts
I am always grieved when I hear about another marriage that has ended in divorce, but I am also saddened by the many couples I know of who stay together but live with disappointment, having long ago given up on believing their relationship can ever be all they had hoped for. If that’s where you are,...
