Tag: marriage
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The Extra Mile: Marriage Blog
My wife is the sweetest, gentlest, most compassionate woman I’ve ever met… …but….(cue dramatic pause) …she has a deceptive side to her. Usually, it comes out when we go on a run. She’ll ask how far I want to go. I’ll give my answer. Then during the run, and with a suspicious smile on her…
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Dark Chocolate is Necessary for Marriage: Marriage Blog
We buy dark chocolate for our home candy dish. Reason being: Anne and I do NOT like dark chocolate. Our kids don’t either. Therefore, the candy dish stays full and look pretty with the shiny foil untouched by human hands. But the point of desperation came. It’s that sweet-tooth that appears around 10:30 at night.…
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“The Bold and the Beautiful: Dealing with Criticism in Marriage”
I’ll say two things from the “get-go” of this weeks marriage blog: 1. Criticism can be healthy. 2. Critical people are cancerous. A relationship that lacks communication, or the wrong kind of communication, is an absolute way for a husband and wife to end up as roommates and not spouses. Communication is one of the…
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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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