I remember, as a first-time parent, my fervid determination to keep my child alive. I was astonished the hospital was letting me drive off with a living and breathing human being in the back of my …
What if Marital Sex Is a Laboratory of Personal Growth?
The premise behind Sacred Marriage is that marriage can be a uniquely transformative experience--God can use the process of relating to each other and the challenges of marriage to grow our …
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How Spiritual Purpose Breathes Passion Into Your Marriage
Joint spiritual purpose can breathe passion, life and respect into your marriage, enriching it, renewing it and strengthening it. Kevin and Sherry Harney experience this as much as any couple I've …
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Don’t Get Married Until You Hear This Message
Making a wise marital choice will impact the rest of your life like no other choice you'll make--save your decision to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. I wrote The Sacred Search because I found …
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How I Broke Every Rule When Counseling Janell-And How You Can Do Better
In an earlier Joe and Janell video (Growing Together When Loss Tries to Pull You Apart) , we talked about how marriage is affected in the face of catastrophic loss—in their case, the loss of their …
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How I Failed as a Pastor
I posted my pastoral failure and discussion with Joe and Janell in video form on the paid side, and then wrote a follow up blogpost on the basic tenets of companioning the bereaved--pointing out how, …