Take Five: Improve your Marriage
Do you feel trapped in a dissatisfying or troubled marriage? Do you feel powerless to ‘fix’ it because your spouse refuses to join you in counselling or a marriage enrichment course? Take heart! There are lots of things a husband or wife can do on their own that can have a dramatic impact. Here…
Read MoreVideo: Fathers Day
How awesome are our fathers!
Read MoreBreakThrough workshop offers hope for embattled marriages
Couples were inspired with strategies for a way forward at the recent BreakThrough Workshop held at Pennant Hills. People in stressed or lack-lustre marriages have applauded new workshops which offer hope and a clear way forward to a fresh start. The three-hour long SmartLoving BreakThrough workshop has been held by the Marriage Resource Centre in…
Read MoreTwo of Us: Man & Woman
Reflect Separately, say the prayer and spend some time reflecting on the questions. Write some notes so that you can share more fully with your spouse. Prayer Thank you, my God for all you do for me. I’m always pretty quick Father, to get after You when I need something but once You…
Read MoreGender Differences: tolerated or celebrated?
For several dark decades last century, the god of political correctness demanded that we speak, think and act as though men and women were essentially identical. Thankfully, common sense has prevailed and it is now more acceptable to speak of gender differences. In fact, most of the best comedic literature on heterosexual relationships draw their…
Read MoreTwo of Us: Priorities
A couple exercise to establish marriage as a priority Reflect Separately, say the prayer and spend some time reflecting on the questions. Write some notes so that you can share more fully with your spouse. Prayer You have made it very evident to me Father, that love is what my life is all about. …
Read MoreLoving Smart
How to Love Over many years we’ve come to realise that most of our mistakes in love come from the assumption that everyone experiences love the same way. A number of authors have developed frameworks to help us understand the foolishness of this idea. For example, in ‘The Five Love Languages’ Gary Chapman recognises that…
Read MoreTwo of Us: At Our Best
A couple exercise to become aware of how we can bring each other to our best Reflect Separately, say the prayer and spend some time reflecting on the questions. Write some notes so that you can share more fully with your spouse. Prayer I know You love me, Father. You have been so good to…
Read MoreVideo: Men’s Sex Drive
In this hilarious video from comedian/marriage expert, Mark Gungor, he explains the Male Sex Drive. Can’t view the video? Click: here
Read MoreRespect & Cherishment
What’s the Diff? While everyone experiences love uniquely, some clear gender patterns have emerged through relationship research. In one study, when given the option between the negative choices of being ‘alone and unloved in all the world’ or ‘inadequate and disrespected by everyone’, 74% of men preferred be alone and unloved, compared to only minority…
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