Some of you might remember those sweet times when your mother would caress you when you felt badly or gave you a back rub when you were sick in bed. Perhaps, you were a young boy starting your season in track and field, and you were sore from practice, when your dad would massage your…
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year holidays are often times of warm memories and happy family experiences. Just as often, however, it can be a time of extraordinary stress and dreaded conflict in the family. Some—especially young married couples—find this season one of being torn between the expectations (and sometimes downright demands) of parents and in-laws….
No one doubts that, when the alarm system of depression sounds, your life is profoundly affected. Alarms are intended as wake-up calls to direct your attention to either something within yourself, something within your relationships, or something within your circumstances (often all three) that needs to change in order to have a satisfying life. As…
You may have diligently pursued pre-marriage counseling, acquired all sorts of important tools of sound communication, and, early on, have learned the principles of effective conflict resolution, but, yet, find yourselves years later struggling to make your marriage work. How can it be that, with so many good intentions at the beginning, your relationship could…
Have you ever wondered exactly what the Apostle Paul meant when he talked about serving one another in the context of marriage? If you recall, he argued that the husband is to be the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. People often stop reading after the first half of that…
