Have a Happy PRODUCTIVE New Year
If you are like me, you love this time of year! Perhaps you have been anticipating cracking open that new planner, its empty pages drawing you in with grand hopes and dreams. Why is it then that we can repeat…
Creating a Successnet for Life and Love
No matter if you are a newlywed seeking to establish or strengthen a solid foundation for your marriage that we write for in The First Five Years: Make the Love Investment That Lasts A Lifetime; A growing couple that might…
Time to Pack!
What should you pack into your suitcase for your journey through 2021? This blog was first posted in 2019, but a Hacker pulled it down, and with all the other “issues” we had to deal with in 2020, we waited…
We are all Fixer-Uppers – Colossians 1:21-29
https://youtu.be/O-xgHUo77Ws Why? This may be the most often asked question in our world. As a young parent, I was amazed at the relentless way my sons could ask the why question: Why do we wake up in the morning?Why is…
Could this be Your Best Year?
Would you like to see this year be your best year ever? For multiple decades, we have used each January to decide a Word of the Year to focus on the create forward movement in each of our individual lives,…
Tackling Transitions with Passion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEqtNiho08 We got married because we love the way we interrupt each other's lives. To be sure, we share the same purpose of wanting to please God in our lives and help others have healthy relationships. We also have a…
Daring to Downsize
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfUErLoCl0w Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” – Luke 12:15 Probably the biggest challenge in moving from a house to a boat…
The House Sells!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK4ukXQYXy4 We all have plans we believe are brilliant. If we are honest, we think the wisdom of our plans ought to impress God to work them out just as we envision. We believed this with the sale of our…
We are on a new journey!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwTmsFBISgI We sincerely believe that any couple can have a successful relationship, but it doesn’t happen by accident. There is a strategic collection of skills that unleash God’s abundant life for the people who practice them. We have been on…