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Category Archives: Forgiveness

eZine #91: Spring Forward in Your Marriage

April eZine: Spring Forward in Your Marriage Spring is in the air…can you feel it?! With it comes a whole new sense of starting fresh and with a clean slate.  At...

Podcast 135: RECOVERY 16 – Coming Clean: The Value of Honest Disclosure

Podcast 135: RECOVERY 16 - Coming Clean: The Value of Honest Disclosure   In this podcast, Dr. Dave covers the topic of Coming Clean. This podcast is set to help individuals...

Marriage: Keep Calm and Carry On | The Good News About Marriage

Christian marriages—keep calm and carry on! Following the Lord does make a huge difference on both the satisfaction and longevity of your most important relationship. Watch Dr. Dave passionately deliver his Sunday...

Marriage: Gifts at the Wall

Gifts at the Wall: Showing Reconciliation Intention   What is a WALL? A WALL is an intentional, emotional barrier that prevents relational connection. What causes these WALLS to go up? These     interpersonal...

Facing Temptation in Your Life

She came to me. Early twenties. Broken, confused and defeated. Why? She had repeatedly given in to the draw of being sexually intimate with her soon-to-be fiancé. She knew it was...

Marriage: The Power Of A Full-On Apology

To keep any relationship strong, it is as much about how well you forgive as it is how well you love. The apology-forgiveness cycle is one of the hardest skills to...

Marriage: The Kite & The Blender

The Kite & The Blender: Approach Extremes to Stress and Conflict The kite and the blender. To be honest, I see a lot of this between couples. Often, these two extreme...

P.E.R.G.E Seminar 2023

P.E.R.G.E. (Partner Encouragement Recovery Group Experience)  2-day Seminar: October 13 & 14 PURPOSE P.E.R.G.E. exists to regain sexual purity in marriage. The program is designed for the encouragement and ongoing recovery for women...

Podcast 118: When Your Spouse has an Affair

Podcast 118: Affair Discovered—What to Do When All Hell Breaks Loose? To help a spouse with the best first steps to take after finding out that their mate has had an...

Marriage: The Dangerous Slide into an Internet Affair

The Dangerous Slide into an Internet Affair *Story Used with Permission The key word is fantasy. More and more of us are living there it seems these days. It's the world...

eZine #49: Help for the Heartbreak of the Humboldt Bronco Family

The Humboldt Broncos tragedy has captured the hearts of all of Canada. Our national pastime combined in combination with a devastating accident that has taken 16 lives and injured many more, has left us feeling...

Podcast 097: The Challenge of Rebuilding Trust in Marriage

Betrayed: The Challenge of Rebuilding Trust Learn the steps in recovering from the devastating effects of a BETRAYAL in a marriage whether an affair, a sexual addiction or lying about a...

Podcast 079: Marriage FUSION 2—The Gravity of Baggage

FUSION 2—The Gravity of Baggage—Resolving Your Hurt Allows You to Love Freely What you bring into your marriage really impacts who you are and how you relate. These effects can be...

Marriage: The Challenge of Rebuilding Trust in Marriage

Betrayal in Marriage—The Challenge of Re-building Trust Betrayal in marriage rolls through my office like semi-trucks into a weigh station. On the freeway of life, people experience incredible emotional wreckage when...

eZine #27: Men Forgetting Special Occasions—Avoiding the Doghouse

Special Occasions - Why all the Fuss? Have You Ever Forgotten and Found Yourself in the Doghouse?! Special Occasions can carry different degrees of expectations, and it seems that they are usually expectations on...