Marriage is like a scissors
My wife and I recently visited with a woman whose wedding ceremony I conducted some 20 years ago. As we talked, she said, “During our...
Love, differences and marriage
As a beginning therapist I was energized by the opportunity to support meaningful relationship growth but also helpless through numerous episodes of miscommunication and...
Healing raw spots
A high percentage of couples I counsel say they need to learn communication skills. However, they seem to communicate with me just fine!
Proverbs 18:14...
Pain, fairy tales and butterflies
The film The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, was released in 1987 with only moderate box office success. In the video market, however,...
Suffering well
To be human is to suffer—to endure difficulty, experience pain and eventually die. This is the case for every single human being.
In our attempts...
Whose fault is it?
Whose fault is it? Whose fault is it that the man in John 9 has lived with blindness his whole life? Coming across a...
We prayed for healing, but she died
We were sure God had promised healing. We prayed for it. We called the elders of the church to pray, we anointed with oil,...
ER reflections
On January 19 at 11:48 p.m., my wife, Justine, and I welcomed our second beautiful son—Samuel Thomas. We couldn’t have imagined that we would...