May I Have This Dance?
Dancing together has been a part of our love since our early dating days. We have been happily married for nearly 43 years and we like to think we waltz our way through life’s ups and downs. It is a…
God’s Love & Your Love
While we all seek to give and receive love 365 days a year, there is ONE BIG Day each each we celebrate love: Valentine's! We are currently teaching through the bible on LOVE in our Living Love-Wise Community weekly Zoom…
Twenty Thankful Ideas
Being thankful is an attitude you cultivate year after year. This year, I was in ICU near the Thanksgiving holiday. On the day I woke up, I was on a ventilator, so my only means to communicate was to write…
The Selah Secret: Creating Your Productivity Process
Are you looking for ways to RAISE your SERENITY and LOWER the STRESS both professionally and personally? Like you, life’s responsibilities sometimes come at us at break-neck speed, so how can we balance and carry it all? I am often…
When Life Disappoints You, What Can You Do?
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…
How (and Why) to Have A Ministry Minded Marriage
…whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant… (Matthew 20:26) We have been married AND in ministry 42 years! The day we got back from our honeymoon, we taught a youth ministry class and then stayed there…
Have a Happy PRODUCTIVE New Year
If you are like me, you love this time of year! Perhaps you have been anticipating cracking open that new planner, its empty pages drawing you in with grand hopes and dreams. Why is it then that we can repeat…
Victory In the New Year!
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Cor 15:57 ESV) We all desire victories, small and great, in our life and the lives of those we love. What is victory? We…
A Look Inside A Lasting Love
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…
Creating a Successnet for Life and Love
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…