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How to Make Time with God Your Priority

As a counselor and life coach, people often ask me what’s the best way to get their lives and marriages back on track. My answer often leaves them less than satisfied. I always say—it’s connecting with God and His word daily. It’s as if they can’t quite see the connection between a vibrant and growing…
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How to Avoid the Money Trap with Your Children

One of the primary ways Satan can sink his hooks in us as Christ-followers and Christ-following families is with money and wealth. Though we can fall into the “money trap” all year round, it is especially compelling at this time of year with Christmas just around the corner. Not only that but, with COVID impacting most…
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What to Do When You Love Your Children More than Your Spouse

Most days around here, I talk about my marriage rather than about my three young adult sons who matter monumentally to my life and family. But, make no mistake! Being a mom has been my highest calling and greatest joy. I can still remember the day each of my sons was born like it was…
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How to Avoid Letting Television Control Your Marriage

With the quarantines and social restrictions enacted due to the pandemic, television viewing in many families has been on the rise. According to research done by Comcast¹, Americans are viewing television 8 more hours per week than before the quarantines. That makes sense for safety’s sake but doesn’t make our marriages any safer. Far from…
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How to Stop Being Controlled by Your Phone in Marriage

Have you ever gotten angry with your spouse for constantly being distracted by their cell phone while you’re together? I’m not here to judge you if you have. Especially since I’ve gotten my nose out of joint over my husband’s phone usage a time or two. Worse still, I’ve been guilty of going overboard with…
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How to Find Rest that Improves Your Life and Relationships

Have you caught up on the rest you’ve desperately needed during your community’s quarantines this past year? With all the hanging out in our homes and away from our friends and coworkers, you’d think we would just feel so rested and refueled. 😉 But, like everything else that’s happened in 2020, we’ve been left feeling…
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How to Make Fall Fun with Your Spouse During COVID

Are you feeling a little too close for comfort in your marriage during these crazy COVID days? It wouldn’t surprise me in the least, especially with the divorce rate skyrocketing across the globe! I hate to admit it but I struggled at first with having my husband home all the time. He, on the other…
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How Meaningful Connections Can Improve Your Marriage

In these crazy pandemic days, the divorce rate is soaring even though couples and families are spending more time together than ever before. On the surface, this can look deceptively like we’re more connected in marriage. But often these connections feel forced rather than feeling like meaningful connections that encourage true closeness. Meaningful connections involve…
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How to Find Hope When You Feel Cursed in Marriage

I entered marriage with the mistaken impression that it would always feel much more joyful than painful. Ironically, my parent’s marriage should have proven the opposite of that reality for me! 😉 Don’t misunderstand—it’s not as if my marriage hasn’t had plenty of joyful moments. It’s just that the joys have ALWAYS been mingled and…
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How to Avoid the Blame Game in Life and Marriage

Do you remember the old “Staples” commercial that touted the “easy button”? Oh, if only it could be that easy when we blow it in life and marriage! Lose your temper with your spouse? Hit the easy button and all is forgiven! Lie to your husband about all the new outfits you recently bought? Hit…


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