The world tells us to “try people on for size”. The world tells us to marry for convenience under the shadow of love. But God tells us that when we marry, we should be ready to wade through the muck of life together as a team. God, indeed Jesus, tells us that if we are committed to each
I am a “used husband” as my wife occasionally jokes. I am okay with her joke, I have been indeed divorced. I was married on a whim, we weren’t in love and I was a cultural Christian, meaning that I was not following Jesus but would say I was a Christian if asked because my parents
Ever looked back at your life and been thankful for the struggles? We’ve all made mistakes in life. The question is, WHAT do we learn from our mistakes? Do we learn to be more careful doing the wrong thing, or do we learn to not do the wrong things again. There IS A BIG difference. It is so im
No matter what your aspirations are in life, indeed, no matter what you want to do in your life…HEED THESE WORDS: Aspire to be a surgeon! It’s in the Bible, and Jesus tells you that it is best for you! Be a surgeon! Oops, gotta go, they are paging me…..”Paging Doctor Jan, Pa
Very often we don’t recognize our influence on others. Other times it is crystal clear. As parents we have a deep influence on our children, both in teaching them as well as in their observance of our actions and interactions with them and others. As followers of Christ, we have a very similar
My wife and I are in many ways opposites. I have always said that our marriage is built on a team concept. We both have strong and weak qualities to bring to our marriage. Where I am weak, she is strong and vica versa. In fact, I believe that a strong tenant of any marriage should be recognizing eac