If you are feeling worthless and alone in your marriage, I want to give you HOPE today. Even if your marriage is “okay.” Especially if your marriage is “awful.” And really if your marriage is “full of conflict,” “mean-ness,” hurt, or even verbal/emotional abuse. And I hope that if you understand what I’m about to …
Disappointed? With yourself? With God? I get this… The college sophomore stared back at me in the mirror. Who was she? I had no idea. But I needed to find out – and fast. Back in the dark ages, when I attended university, credits got counted by quarters. I’d been floundering for five quarters, unable …
If you are feeling worthless and alone in your marriage, I want to give you HOPE today. Even if your marriage is “okay.” Especially if your marriage is “awful.” And really if your marriage is “full of conflict,” “mean-ness,” hurt, or even verbal/emotional abuse. And I hope that if you understand what I’m about to …
You know that ugly, despairing, discouraged, pit-dwelling spot when you feel like nothing you do or say matters…? I know what that’s like. I know you do, too. Sometimes this verse motivates, and sometimes, it sucks the life out of me – that’s when things are so hard you don’t know how to do the …
Something is missing from our viral lists of 101 Ways to Respect Your Husband, and 101 Ways to Love Your Wife – it’s a list of 101 Ways to Respect Yourself. We shy away from this topic in Christiandom because we think it breeds selfishness – and it might – but to ignore it breeds …
The hideous secret Ohio is hiding… I’m still shocked at what I learned. It started out pretty innocuous, running kids places, a little yard work, double date with another awesome Cincinnati writer friend of mine, brief monsoon (okay, it just rained, but crazy torrential downpour style) – and then came the invitation. I had no …
Why Your Relationship is a Mess… & What to DO about it… #2 Why your relationship is a mess… & What to Do about it… #2 You’d think this was simple business, right? Relationships can be so rewarding, so amazing, and then we wake up one day and … things have changed somehow. Suddenly, we …
Why your marriage is a mess… and what to do about it #1 There’s probably a bazillion reasons why your marriage is a mess, but we’re going to start this week with a LONG and small segmented series on respect – one that will deepen our relationship with God, ourselves, and others to help you …
Have you ever wondered why you breathe? Have you ever had that depressed, discouraged, “Oh, why am I even bothering?” hopeless-style response to life’s circumstances? If you have served Him in ministry for a while, struggle with depression, or worse, both, you know what I’m talking about. I have talked with a LOT of Christian …
Disappointed? With yourself? With God? I get this… The college sophomore stared back at me in the mirror. Who was she? I had no idea. But I needed to find out – and fast. Back in the dark ages, when I attended university, credits got counted by quarters. I’d been floundering for five quarters, unable …