When I boarded the international flight as a naïve, newly graduated cross-cultural missions major, little did I know just how steeped in cross-cultural communication my life was to become. At the time, I was eager to spend six months serving the Lord on a college campus in Cape Town, South Africa—more than 8,000 miles away from…
My husband and I are both very passionate people when it comes to what we want out of life and what we believe. We both can be stubborn at times and let our pride rear its ugly head. So it’s very important that we work hard on our communication skills and on talking things out…
Chores. School. Homework. Extra-curricular activities. Friends. Church. Whew! And what about noncustodial kids who come every other weekend, on holidays, or only in the summer? A newly remarried couple with a child or two can find their daily life very complicated, and it can wear you out in a hurry. What do you do? Below…
Why did you marry your spouse? Craig Groeschel, pastor of LifeChurch.tv says, it’s probably not because you found them boring, too busy for you, critical or self-absorbed. You probably chose your companion because you enjoy being with them, because you find them fun! Why then, do we expect our marriages to survive when we become…
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…
