Relationships

“Beware: Marriage Turbulence Ahead!” (Part 3)

by Debbie Caudle
November 19, 2013 • 4 minute read

Imagine marriage is like flying a plane. When you encounter the rough spots, use these “instruments” and guidelines to help restore a smooth flight. Imagine your marriage is like...

Who’s Flying This Marriage Anyway? (Part 2)

by Debbie Caudle
November 11, 2013 • 5 minute read

Imagine that marriage is like flying a plane—and you’re trying to work out who will handle which controls. Here are some tips to avoid a bumpy ride. The last thing you want...

Where’s This Marriage Going? Part 1

by Debbie Caudle
November 4, 2013 • 4 minute read

Imagine that marriage is like flying a plane—and you’re about to taxi down the runway. Here’s the first of three blog posts about preparing for a smooth flight. In my 20...

Reading for Ultimate Success

by Rhonda Waddle
February 25, 2013 • 4 minute read

Finding Go, Dog. Go! on the bookshelf led me to reflect on the importance of reading for our children’s success in so many areas of life. Recently I was cleaning my children’s...

The book of Job tells the story of how his three friends had the best of intentions, but had the worst of results.

Best of Intentions, Worst of Results

by Joshua Travers
February 21, 2013 • 4 minute read

You know without a doubt that you’re right. You are sure that you know what your friends should do. Yet is insisting you are right always the best move? There are times when you know...

Relationships: group talking at a lake at sunset.

Relationships, Relationships, Relationships

by Joshua Travers
October 29, 2012 • 4 minute read

Life is all about relationships. How can we improve all of the important relationships in our lives? On the first day of class, my education professor told us what he believes are essential...

What’s on Your Mind?

by Kevin Scarbrough
October 26, 2012 • 4 minute read

What if the billion Facebook users all read what was on your mind? What if God read it? Is He concerned with what we post and say? As of Oct. 4, there are approximately a billion active...

Let your words be like silver boxes with bows on top—gifts of encouragement.

Gifts of Encouragement: Silver Boxes

by Ella Mae Tyrkalo
September 5, 2012 • 3 minute read

We can give verbal gifts of encouragement in many different ways. Perhaps these thoughts from little children and from the Bible will help. I was recently looking through some books in my...

How Much Do We Value Others?

by Hervé Irion
August 20, 2012 • 4 minute read

Have you heard the story of Sarita? She believed she was worth nothing, and there was no point in trying to change things. Was there any hope for her? Sarita would walk with her shoulders...

A crumbling foundation and reinforcing rods.

Marriage Foundation Part 3: Guarding Against Fissures

by Karen Meeker
July 30, 2012 • 3 minute read

We wouldn’t knowingly build our home on a faulty foundation, so we should pay close attention to our marriage foundation as well. No builder in his right mind would knowingly begin to...

Commitment in marriage fulfills the marriage vows.

Marriage and the Foundation Factor: Commitment

by Karen Meeker
July 23, 2012 • 3 minute read

Building a quality foundation for a marriage takes real commitment. This means taking the wedding vows seriously—something that is sadly lacking today. In “Marriage and the...

Marriage and the Foundation Factor

by Karen Meeker
July 18, 2012 • 4 minute read

The importance of a good foundation for a house and for a marriage is not as different as you might think. I awoke to hear sounds coming from the basement. Water? I puzzled groggily,...

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