Category: Marriage
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My New Book “Mosaic Marriage” Available in 3 Formats!
In Mosaic Marriage, I offer a collection of memoirs and thoughts about marriage and relationships, some of them printed from my blog. I share my ideas about building a strong marriage using personal anecdotes and many Biblical examples to provide a guide for those seeking insight and wisdom about their marital relationship. Each chapter provides a thought for…
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Fix the Disconnect: 7 Simple Steps to Re-establishing a Date Night
It’s Friday, and for Dave and Anne, it’s “date day.” It wasn’t always that way. Almost 19 years ago, Anne married a workaholic who felt the urgency (and still does) to get work done 7 days a week. I can use that as an excuse and chalk that up to the nature of my work ethic. Or…
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Lift the Lid: 3 Ways to Raise the Level of Your Marriage
I’m an eclectic reader. As a pastor, my “reading bent” may be toward marital subjects, but I like to read on a variety of topic as I desire to constantly grow. And what I find myself doing is, as I read, I journal thoughts for personal reflection and make notes for future/potential sermon use. It was about a…
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Reducing your “…but”: 4 Thoughts on Encouraging Your Spouse
I’ve begun a few workout regiment. Physical fitness, in whatever form, has been a tremendous outlet for my own stress while being a great input for healthy living. I know there are people who tell me “there’s no time for working out.” I’m not saying you need to do the 2-hour gym-rat thing, but you can…
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The Flyover: 11 Marriage Conference Thoughts
I’m a pastor who loves to preach series. Why? There are so many sections of scripture, subjects, thoughts, and topics that are waaaaay too much for one sermon. And I think, us pastors, can be at fault for giving so much info packed in one message that it makes it impossible for people to digest…
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What is Romance? 5 Ways to Make Sure You Are Actually Romantic
In premarital counseling, I really enjoy asking questions. Jesus seemed to be great at it and, I feel, was an effective tool in helping people learn about the Kingdom. So I find myself asking a wide-range of questions, not so that I can give an answer, but to give a couple an opportunity to think…
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How Would Your Spouse Describe You? 3 Steps To Help Reshape Their Answer
I have a fascination with photography. Maybe a part of it is because my daughter has developed into an amazing photographer. I love how passionate she is and that she’s using it to get to go to a mission’s trip to Thailand (shameless plug for her). I think the fascination is also fed because we have…
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“Do you even hear yourself?” 3 Thoughts of Fixing Your Marital Gait
Last week we began our annual vision series at Kfirst. And for every series, we have a sermon “bumper video.” It’s a very short video that brings the focus of the service to the message that is about to be preached. Usually, I see the video before it’s launched. But last Sunday, I was seeing it…
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Drop Your Resolutions: 3 Thoughts About Changes in Your Marriage
A few days ago, I sat at around a table and we talked about resolutions. I’ll be honest, I’m just not a proponent of them. Why? Because they tend to be an “all or nothing” mentality. If you’re struggling to take steps toward them, you quit. If you didn’t reach the full “resolution” then you didn’t…
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When Should We Get Help? 4 Reasons to Get Counsel for Your Marriage
“Pride first, then the crash, but humility is precursor to honor.” Proverbs 18:12 (MSG) When it comes to marriage and marital situations, it’s very hard to shock me (I think people purposely try). Even though I’ll never say, “I’ve heard it all,” from my experiences have just afforded me to see an awful lot of situations and…
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