Sundown is saying goodbye to the day we know and waiting for the day to come. Tonight we celebrate Christmas, the New Day that dawned more than 2,000 years ago. Sunset over Bethlehem I took this photo of sundown over Bethlehem when we visited Israel this fall. Sundown is saying goodbye to the day we …
Being mindful of relationships is a life-long journey for me. That’s why I published my devotional/coloring book, Mindful: Meditate & Color your Way to Life-Giving Relationships. Today is National Coloring Book Day – what better day to get a copy and start coloring?
What’s your natural instinct when a conflict flares up? Do you fight fire with fire, giving as good as you got? Do you retreat in seething silence, eliminating any chance of resolution? Or do you stop, drop, and roll the flames out, resolving the conflict?
Keeping score in marriage will never produce a winning marriage. I know, I used to be a master at score-keeping.
The thought for this Marriage Monday: do you cherish peace in your marriage? I hear from one or two wives weekly who are searching for that elusive peace. They cherish peace but don’t know where to find it. The good news is peace isn’t that hard to find, it’s readily available if we look for it in …
I asked a friend of mine why she needed to read my book, Making Peace with Prickly People: Transforming Relationships by Loving God, Self, and Others, and she said, “I need to read this book because I tend to attract 2 kinds of people, first the ones who suck the life out of you and the …
Ed Yourdon via Compfight “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” Paulo Coehlo thinks it takes courage to walk out on a relationship. I think it takes more courage to stay and make it work. Are you wondering how to fall in love again? There just may …
how to fall in love again…there’s an app for that! Read More »
Ali Nishan via Compfight What is true love and how can we find it? In the 60’s, when I was a girl, the divorce rate was only about 20%. Today it pushes 50%, for first marriages. Second marriages end in divorce 67% of the time, and third marriages 74%. Contrast this to the divorce rate …
