Tag: marital
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“TV saved my marriage” 4 Ways to Reconnect Your Marriage
It was the summer of ’03. Anne and I were in a store walking through with the kids secured in our double-stroller. We were in a season of life that was a bit hectic. Cammi was 3 and Ethan wasn’t even 1 yet. We were still discovering who we were as a ministry couple not…
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More than the Spider: 4 Thoughts on Bringing Value In Marriage
I hear it quite often, “There’s a huge spider. I need you to come get it.” In my home, it’s a statement both my wife and my daughter use. It never is “There’s a spider…” but “There’s a HUGE spider…” And, over time, their judgement on “size” has dulled my urgency a bit. When I…
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“Look What You Made Me Do”: 4 Thoughts on Mistakes in Marriage
About a couples years ago, I was letting my daughter back out the car and, well, she ran over the mailbox (yes I have permission from her to share this). When she ran it over, her first response was “If you wouldn’t have parked the car crooked, that wouldn’t have happened.” Enter a “dad-talk” about…
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Turn Signals: 2 Types of Marital Signals
We all have signals. Whether we purposely try, we operate in them all the time. I can pick up the signals from my staff on what kind of morning they’ve had just by their body language, the tone of their voice, or their silence when they come in and slam their office door. Two Sundays…
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Use your inside voice: 5 Thoughts on Your Marital Tone
“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” – Romans 12:18 “Use your inside voice” has been a parenting tactic for years. For some parents, it’s an attempt at telling a child to “quiet down” but in a nicer way. Randomly, I hear parents tell this to…
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Why so Serious? 3 Ways to Invest Laughter in Your Marriage
My wife I and love to laugh (even as I type that, I almost see it as an understatement). It’s one of our two essential elements of a healthy marriage. Jesus. Gives us a foundation and structure to build with. Laughter. Gives us a healthy connection and a filter to process life. Anne and I…
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Monday Kfirst Kickstart: “The Hot Seat” #FromThisDaySeries
Today I want to give you a place to start your week. It’s Monday and in the wake of a great weekend and a workweek ahead, sometimes you just need a “kickstart” to get focused. So grab some coffee let’s start a great week together. Today we continued our annual marriage series with our Kfirst community. Click…
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Never Alone: 5 Thoughts on Marital Responsibility and Commitment
I love talking to couples. Marriage fascinates me as not only do I want to learn more to bless other couples, I want to glean so that my marriage can grow. My “go-to” question for couples is simple: “What do you know now that you wish you would’ve known before you got married?” I’ll admit,…
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Anniversary Thoughts: 19 Lessons from 19 Years of Marriage
Today is our anniversary. And as a tradition, on May 23, I do a bit of a blog to honor the bride that agreed to journey life with me. But before the list comes out, I need to give you some background to what stirred this blog. On Sunday, I was preaching, perhaps,…
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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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