When life disappoints you and expectations go unmet, what can you do? Where do you turn? Is there a secret to handling disappointment? From Pam: I asked my friend, author, Rebecca Barlow Jordan, to share a part of her own…
This week, Bill and I celebrated 42 happy years of wedded bliss. We are not perfect, and our lives together has been very much like a roller coaster (mostly due to challenging circumstances) It is common for us…
No matter if you are a newlywed seeking to establish or strengthen a solid foundation for your marriage that we write for in The First Five Years: Make the Love Investment That Lasts A Lifetime; A growing couple that might…
We have had the lovely good fortune to have answered God’s call to serve him in Southern California, for most of our marriage living very near the ocean and now living on a boat on the ocean. If you have…
Are you finding this Covid-Crazy lockdown squelching your “Merry and Bright” this Christmas season? I am currently teaching Discovering Joy in Philippians: A Creative Bible Study Experience as a zoom Meet Up. Inside the last chapter I covered, there…
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. - Colossians 3:14 Congratulations! You are a top-notch, smart, and wise couple who wants the BEST for your life and love! You are a…
Pray with Your Partner All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the person of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NHEB) Devote…
This will go down in history as one of the most unusual July 4 weekends-- the most surreal summers-- in history. Here are 8 ideas to bring a little celebration and joy to your family on holidays-- and any of…
One of my personal highlights this year was the joy of teaching on Psalm 42 and 43 at Engedi, the beautiful refreshing oasis and shelter where David penned this hope-filled, raw and honest poem for the ragged, tired, overwhelmed, discouraged…
Would you like to see this year be your best year ever? For multiple decades, we have used each January to decide a Word of the Year to focus on the create forward movement in each of our individual lives,…