12 Ideas to Help your Family Remember the Reason for the Season
We probably all remember the song, “On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear tree”. I heard it this past weekend and it got me thinking about what we can be sending our true love, and I’m not talking about our earthly true love. When we […]
Improving Your Lovemaking
Having been involved with FamilyLife and working with couples for over 28 years I’ve noticed that people assume I’m a ‘sexpert’. I’m not, but I have learnt a lot about intimacy from listening to real experts, studying, and speaking with countless couples on this topic. I often get asked for advice on how to improve […]
It’s Not About The Money
Have you ever fought about money in your relationship? I bet you have. I bet that some of your fiercest arguments have involved finances. Money is, and probably always has been, one of the leading causes of conflict in marriage. Why is that? Why does the issue of money get so much of our mental […]
Have I married the wrong person?
Have you ever wondered that you might have married the wrong person? Often when we fall in love, we do so because that person is different from us. We enjoy and appreciate those differences because they bring freshness and diversity to our lives. And then we get married. After marriage, what happens? Those differences that once attracted […]
Tricky conversations
Nobody likes them, right, and yet we all need to have them if our relationships are going to deepen and grow. I remember having a limiting belief in my marriage that went something like this, “I don’t want to talk about this because it will be too hard and it will all go wrong. If […]
The Gift of Sex
Wherever you turn today, sex is in your face. We live in a sex-saturated culture. The suggestion of sex is on billboards, in advertising and on tv commercials; it’s in magazines and newspapers; it’s in almost every single tv programme, and it pops up incessantly in conversations. It’s treated flippantly and casually, rather than the […]
Keeping the Romance Alive
It’s easy to be romantic in the early phases of married life. In the early years, love is fresh and exciting, and so we naturally look for ways to say I love you. We may send notes and creative gifts, and organise interesting date nights and surprise rendezvous’, but after a while, creativity can go […]
Let’s lift our love game and learn from Bob
I think it’s so easy to go through married life, taking each other for granted. I spoke with a dear friend who lost his wife recently. He was musing about how he would love her so differently if he could. Listening to him I want to learn from his loss, and not miss out on […]
How to give your heart this Christmas without giving an arm and a leg
When we think of Christmas we often think of gifts – buying and receiving gifts. While many of us may dislike the commercial aspect of Christmas, the theme of Christmas is actually spot on. Christmas is all about the ultimate gift; remembering and celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, God’s son. His gift to the […]
The 5 benefits of Marriage Mentoring
The concept of mentoring has been around for centuries. It’s all about sharing knowledge, life skills and personal experiences to guide another person towards reaching their full potential. It’s about investing your time and talents to make a positive difference in the life of another. In a nutshell, it’s discipleship at its best. Marriage mentoring […]