Christian Marriage & Relationships
How to Save Your Marriage: 4 Mind Shifts
‘How to save your marriage’ is a bold title. I hesitated to use it until I looked at the actual definition of ‘save’. One of the definitions was to keep safe or rescue from danger. Is your marriage in danger? The other definition (the one I really liked) was to preserve or guard from injury,…
Read MoreMarriage Advice for Wives
SAVE THIS PIN FOR LATER! Marriage advice… for wives? I smile as I reflect on almost 18 years of marriage. Since this is a site authored by a Christian counselor, you would think I would write marriage advice from the perspective of therapist. But no. Today I’m going to write from personal experience. Let’s get…
Read MoreHow to have the Mind of Christ in Relationships
The Mind of Christ in Relationships Do you ever wish you had better relationships? The Bible is full of “how to’s” for better relationships, yet we find ourselves doing things our own way over and over. We go rogue because it seems safer. We think, “if only the other person would change”. We mistakenly think…
Read More3 Parenting Styles Identified in Scripture
Much research has gone into parent-child relationships. As a result “parenting styles” have been identified by popular psychology. But did you know that Scripture identifies a few “parenting styles” as well? As the parenting styles are outlined in this article, I encourage you to think of it as a continuum. As I looked over this…
Read More5 Parenting Don’ts
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. ~ Colossians 3:21 The Bible is full of warnings, instructions and promises. In Colossians 3:21, we receive a clear parenting “don’t”. Paul warns us not to embitter our children because it leads to their discouragement. Paul warns not to “embitter” (NIV), meaning to cause…
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