Author Archives: sewildman

As I have thought about our separation and reconciliation, and as I have pondered how to help others, I have realized if there are three core attitudes combined with three core skills major headway can be made on three core … Continue reading →

I happen to be sitting next to a lake near our hometown. My wife and I used to come here as we were courting. After we were first separated one of my first nights in the RV was spent here, … Continue reading →

Thankfully even though my wife and I were separated for 16 months, and she said she was getting a divorce and had an attorney, she never filed any papers. I had told her that because Scripture said, “Let no man … Continue reading →

A couple of readers have left notes of encouragement. I can not express how much I appreciate them. I haven’t had much oomph to write lately for a couple of reasons. One is that I also farm, and so I … Continue reading →

If any of your are familiar with Dr. Steve Judah (author of “Staying Together When and Affair Pulls You Apart”) I thought you would want to know that he has a terminal illness. He is writing some very encouraging notes … Continue reading →

Yesterday I got to do something special. I went to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. for a press conference announcing the results of a new study “Taxpayer Costs of Divorce and Unwed Mothers”. The room wasn’t overly large … Continue reading →

I just spent probably less than half an hour reading through an email sent from Smart Marriages about various resources. (www.smartmarriages.com) In that short amount of time I came across Marriage Resources for Clergy. They are sermons and music more … Continue reading →

One very helpful concept that I heard in Divorce Care, shared by Dr. Jim Talley, was the concept of “The Line of Reconciliation.” He compared marriage to a highway. Each partner in marriage is on their side of the highway … Continue reading →

Sometimes as I hear another story about a divorce, or read another statistic about divorce, or see more anti-marriage articles, I get discouraged. I wonder what to say and how to say it – to help people have hope for … Continue reading →

One resource I would really like to find would be an attorney who is willing to judiciously use the law to slow down divorce proceedings as long as possible, and to use all of his finesse to compel reconciliation. My … Continue reading →