Author Archives: sewildman
A Puzzle: Lack of Pleading Against Divorce
Lots of times we hear testimonies from people – both Christian and non-Christian – about how they used to do drugs, or steal, or engage in illicit sex. They will share how low they went and then how they recovered. … Continue reading
Persistence Before Marriage And In Stressed Marriages
People seem emotionally moved when they read or hear about a single man or single woman who pursues a person of the opposite sex who has little interest in them until the resisting person crumbles and falls in love. We … Continue reading
Some Ideas For Focusing On Jesus
I want to encourage people who wish they had more of a devotional life with some different ideas about how to increase their focus on Christ. One thing I have done is to get the Bible on CD. It is … Continue reading
Sadness
I drove by the former house of family members who are now divorced. They moved into their home when it was new about the time my wife and I were married. At the time they moved in the trees were … Continue reading
Beyond Win/Win
I just found this web site called http://www.beyondwinwin.com. One of the things they do is to help couples communicate and resolve conflict through mediation. It often results in a marriage reconciliation. They mention that often one spouse does not want … Continue reading
A Marriage to Emulate
One of my goals as a marriage educator and coach is to have a marriage that other people desire to emulate. Why does that goal so often seem elusive? I am beginning to realize that even the best of marriages … Continue reading
Goodwill in Marriage
One of the keys to having a good marriage is having goodwill towards the other. Adjusting our hearts to the idea that our partner, in spite of their own shortcomings, needs us to have goodwill towards them – to think … Continue reading
International House of Prayer
I am at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri (www.ihop.org). This is a place of worship and prayer 24-hours a day, seven days a week. They have worship teams that are on for two-hour blocks at a … Continue reading
Team of Two
My wife and I have been very inspired by a concept we heard from Dave and Dawn Lind (www.focusonpurpose.com). They reminded us that as a married couple that we are a Team of Two. My wife and I try to … Continue reading
"Breaking Up": Preparation for Divorce
In the home school community and conservative Christian circles many people emphasize courtship as opposed to dating. Somewhere I have read that our American dating system of people dating and breaking up multiple times was actually a way of preparing … Continue reading
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