Don’t Like Your Marriage? Change it.
I know. Easier said than done, right? But if in ten years, you are just going to be ten years older anyway, why not spend your time wisely? Just sayin’. And while I don’t know if this would have...
View ArticleClimbing Out of the Pit…
Driving to pick one of my kids up today, I heard the radio announcer say something that hit me so hard I nearly drove off the road. I don’t remember his exact words now, but the jest of his message …...
View ArticleYOU Are Invited!
You might have noticed that I went from having a hard time at the beginning of the summer to falling off the face of the blogosphere… J … God took me on a much needed vacation, where I reconnected with...
View ArticleNext week…
Can’t wait to get started… Next week on WEDNESDAY (because I’ve been reminded by my friend, Sherri Wilson Johnson that we don’t have to kill ourselves to get things done…) we will start our journey...
View ArticleFor Wives…Both Young and The Not-So-Young…
I wept as I read this beautiful woman’s testimony…. And I thought of the young bride reading this…at the potential. And I wept for the long-married woman who struggled for decades. I prayed she would...
View ArticleTime for Apology?
When I woke this morning, I knew God wanted me to share with you that I had sinned against my husband, hurt his feelings, and what happened as a result. I wasn’t surprised, therefore, when I read...
View ArticleWant Respect? Start Here…
I remember the glazed, deer-in-the-headlights look that slowly crept onto others’ faces… I remember the bazillion thoughts floating around in my head… And the deep urge to release them all… I had no...
View ArticleHusband Doesn’t Believe?
Some of us are blessed by our husband’s having a relationship with God, or at the very least, believing in Him. Others are not so blessed. Whatever your circumstances, however, remember our Lord holds...
View ArticleWhen Your Feelings Hurt…
Southbound I-71 commuter traffic started thickening. He weaved in and out of the lanes. The sun started to emerge to the left of us. I put on my sun glasses. He glanced and smiled at me. I smiled back....
View ArticleGot Pain?
The surgery is a week away. An expert surgeon, one of just a few in the country who does this procedure, will sever the membranes in my 15 year old son’s chest from his sides, slide a curved metal bar...
View ArticleWhat Do You Really Believe?
Several years ago, after speaking with the pastor of a local church, I knew they were not going to end up hosting Daughters of Sarah®. At one point, she said to me, “You do realize that we use the...
View Article101 Things A Wife Can DO to Show Respect to Her Husband…
In honor of several recent requests for a list that corresponds to our 101 Things A Husband Can DO to Show Love to His Wife… this one is for the wives and on how to show R-E-S-P-E-C-T. And I know that...
View ArticleHow To Get Your Husband to Hear You…
On a radio show several months ago, a male interviewer and pastor took me to task for one of the dares in the book entitled, “Initiate.” “Isn’t that pretty forward?” he asked. “Aren’t you suggesting...
View ArticleAll the Fuss about Submission…
In the many years I spent in a full-time career (human resources and corporate training), I noticed a few things. First, that the small business owner or the department head was responsible for the...
View ArticleThe Secret of Submission…
If you are an intellectual who needs proof that the Bible is a legitimately relevant document today… I’m happy to help you with that. And I’m excited to see your comments and thoughts today. We’re just...
View ArticleA Man’s Broken Heart…
Last week, a guy who is “someone who is someone” in Christian ministry contacted me to encourage me to keep doing this blog thing. As it turns out, he read this post about pornography, where a man...
View ArticleGot Help?
There were three periods in my life where I prayed consistently for patience for several weeks at a time. I don’t know about you, but I can be a little slow in learning. It took me nearly six years to...
View ArticleCan’t Find Joy in the Poo?
I opened my blog manager today and the reader had a quote that I’ve mistakenly thought for YEARS was original to myself. It’s something we say in our ministry all the time. We literally have it on a...
View ArticleEver Felt Discouraged?
Last week, I nearly quit my ministry. I felt like quitting my marriage. I wrote about it here, because I didn’t know what else to do – and felt led. And for the first time ever, I shared the raw...
View ArticleNaked or Covered in Lies?
Yesterday, I spoke with two radically different groups of women. In both groups, the topics of “guilt” and “shame” arose. Genesis 3:6-7 states this: 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and...
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