Category Archives: Spiritual Unity
Parenting: Our Broken Moral Compass—The Truth and Tragedy of a Failing Integrity
I think someone must have driven over our moral compass. It’s not lost – it’s broken. When I was a boy of 12 at camp, I took a skills course in...
Marriage: Developing a Marriage Mission Statement
Marriage: Developing a Marriage Mission Statement Know Why You are Developing a Mission Statement as a Couple Life is about choices. When you intentionally make the right decisions, so many things...
Marriage: The Memorable Impact of Missions on Marriage
Dave: We are writing this from Guam, just a speck of an island in the middle of the South Pacific. Donalyn: We are finishing our 6th week on a South East...
Marital Prayer Part 2: How to Start Praying Together
Marital Prayer Part 2: How to Pray Together Relational research shows that 92% of couples that call themselves Christians never pray together. “Tell me something new,” you say since you’re one...
Marital Prayer Part 1: What Happens When a Couple Prays Together?
Marital Prayer Part 1: What Happens When a Couple Prays Together? Praying together. It just sounds right. After all, shouldn’t couples that are supposedly seeking God be reaching out regularly as...
Marriage: Merging Grace—The Art of Two Becoming One
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” Mark 10:8 Two becoming one....
Marriage: What Does God in a Marriage Look Like?
Got God? You got changes. Conversion means change. “All things become new” ~ means all things become new! That’s change. “Be not conformed to this world but be transformed,” means serious...
Marriage: Turning Your Christmas Inside Out
We often hear the quote, “It is better to give than receive.” Deep down in our hearts, we know it is true yet, that’s not the way Christmas is celebrated in...
Marriage: Win, Lose or Draw—Playing Your Relational Cards Right
You are at the table. Everyone is. The stakes are high. You’d bet your life to have a successful marriage and family life. In this game, you have a hand to...
Marriage: Is There Two in Your Marriage, or Three?
Toward Understanding the Spiritual Dimension in Marriage Keep the two people in a marriage in mind when you read this: “Two people are better off than one, for they can help...
Marriage: Get on Course and Stay on Course
Start-up Tips for the First Five Years of Marriage..to Make it Last 50! Face it; we’ve seen a lot of marriages start up. We’ve seen those that have made it and...
Marriage: Forgiveness Part 2—Why Forgiving is a Gift to Yourself
Forgiveness Part 2—Why Forgiving is a Gift to Yourself Relational wounds come in many shapes and sizes. Why is it, or so it seems, that those who love us the most...
Marriage: Forgiveness Part 1—What Does Forgiveness Look Like?
Forgiveness Part 1—What Does Forgiveness Look Like? The hurt and disappointment was eating me alive. Maybe you have felt it too. I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t eat. I didn’t laugh. I...
Marriage: Emotional Abandonment
When Your Spouse Shuts You Out As a counselor, it’s a complaint I hear regularly from people desperately looking for help for their empty marriages. If any of these lines feel...