Neuroscience tells us that the shelf-life of an infatuation is about twelve to eighteen months. It’s a nice run while it lasts, but when the slide starts, you can’t stop it. You’ve got to find …
Your Marriage is About So Much More Than You
In March of 2014, when Lisa and I landed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba it felt unbearably hot, even for a couple traveling from Houston, Texas. And the Navy chaplain escorting us around said, …
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From Guilty Parent to Hopeful Parent
Arianna was heartsick over the moral choices her adult son was making. Even more heartrending was his answer when Arianna asked him where he saw Jesus in all of this. “I’m having to rethink that,” …
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Why Giving too Much Kills Relationships
If you are in a relationship in which you are constantly taking and never giving anything in return... I’m an expert at killing—plants, that is. No matter what I do, I cannot seem to keep my plants …
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Turning a Wonderful Tool for Intimacy into a Weapon of Accusation
I like giving and receiving gifts. My wife Lisa doesn’t. In my young stupid pride, I used to double down on gift giving opportunities, find something really creative to give to Lisa, perhaps a …
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She Married Him Anyway
A recent news article caught my eye: a would-be bride caught her soon-to-be husband sexually assaulting an inebriated bridesmaid the day before the wedding. What astonished me even more was the last …