Category: Rambling
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Punch Temptation in the Face: Dealing with temptation in marriage
One of my all-time favorite athletes to watch: Mike Tyson (pre-ear biting). To me, there was nothing so sensational to watch him dismantle opponents in the ring in the matter of seconds. People would spend hundreds of dollars to watch him knock out opposing boxers in 30 seconds. Just in case you want to…
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Taser Your Spouse: How to completely stun your mate.
There’s a demented side of me that wants to know what it’s like to be tased. I know that some police in their training volunteer to be tased to know what their weapon does to individuals. The idea is simple: it gives law enforcement a non-lethal way to take down a criminal by simply stunning…
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Naming Your spouse: Weekly Marriage Blog
Naming something is a powerful thing. It says something about authority and even speaks about passion and vision. 14 years ago, when deciding a name for our daughter, Anne and I had quite a few disagreements about what our little girl would be called. We knew it had to be a name that we were…
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Part 3 from our “Live Highlight Reel” service @kalamazoofirst
On June 30th we had our “Live” service in which our plan was to share testimonies and then answer questions from the congregation. Because of how the Lord directed the service. We’ve had to re-adjust our approach to the questions by utilizing the blog to answer the questions. In Part 1, we started with four…
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Undermining Your Marriage
For this week’s marriage blog, I began to ponder this thing of undermining marriage. There are moments when you and I unknowingly act out situations that, if not corrected, will end up undermining the growth, strength, and future of your marriage. Where I struggle, is when I talk with couples who are acting out in…
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Part 2 from our “Live Highlight Reel” service @kalamazoofirst
On June 30th we had our “Live” service in which our plan was to share testimonies and then answer questions from the congregation. Because of how the Lord directed the service. We’ve had to re-adjust our approach to the questions by utilizing the blog to answer the questions. In Part 1, we started with four…
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Stay in the driver’s seat!
We’re visiting family this week and have been going through pictures and stories. One story that inevitably comes up is the story about when I was 15 and dad entrusted me to pull the car up at the grocery store. I got in the car and took the “long way” around the parking lot to…
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Follow up from our “Live Highlight Reel” service @kalamazoofirst
It’s hard to put into words the powerful service we had yesterday at Kfirst. There have been so many comments give about the service from people who were there as well as the many who were away on vacation. “It was one of the best services ever!” “Blows my mind how God’s healing power has…
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Putting Down Your Pet: Dealing with marital pet peeves
You know you have a few pet peeves. You probably have a few more than you’d like to admit. But it’s the small stuff that can get in the way. The Wall Street Journal put out a great article on it and, I think, hits the nail on the head. “…it’s the seemingly small things…
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“Fruitful Fights”
I can’t say that Anne and I ever fought while dating. Both of us were very compromising about most issues…well every issue. I don’t think it was because we were so compatible (see “The Myth of Compatibility“). I think we had no desire to “stir the waters”. It could have been out of fear and…
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