Step 2 – Be Intentional We saw in Step 1 that it is important to realize that marriages will erode if they are not focused on and maintained. In this step, we look at the importance of being intentional in a marriage and not letting… Read More »5 Steps to a Shocking Marriage: #2
My wife and I went camping over the weekend. Camping in Indiana in the fall can be beautiful, but the weather can be iffy. As we were driving to the campground on Friday afternoon, the skies grew increasingly dark. By the time we got to… Read More »Then and Now
My wife and kids have been gone for a week. It’s funny, I travel quite a bit for work and have for the bulk of my career. When I’m away from home, I miss everybody, but I’m typically so busy with scheduled work activities and… Read More »Appreciate the Little Things
We made a video for our most recent Shocking Marriage workshop. This depicts three different types of couples, and shows that the process of becoming one is not automatic nor effortless. Check it out here. 2 Become 1
We’ve all heard the analogy that when it comes to sex, men are like microwave ovens and women are like CrockPots. The premise here is that men are quickly and easily aroused while women take in stimulus over a longer period of time. While at… Read More »Why Women Aren’t Like CrockPots
So here’s a questions that has me perplexed. Can you fall out of love? Maybe it’s the verbiage that I hate… Falling is typically the result of an accident. It’s sudden and unexpected. So how can you “fall” out of love? As I look… Read More »Falling out of love?
I visited my son’s church yesterday and heard their senior minister give a message on Vision. It was an inspiring sermon of the importance of not only setting a vision, but ensuring that you continually pour effort into it to keep it on track and… Read More »Vision Drift in Marriage
We’ve got an English Bulldog at home. He’s lazy, he snores, he drools, he can clear a room when he passes gas and he loves to cuddle. He’s about six years old, so in bulldog terms, that would put him at the high side of… Read More »Don’t let your marriage go to the dogs
Happy New Year! Yep, it’s that time of year when we all look ahead and make promises to ourselves. The book is blank, and we have 365 days to fill in the content of our life story. We plan to exercise more, eat more sensibly,… Read More »Marriage Resolutions for 2012