Rechurching the Church
Scanning through my FB feed one morning, I came across a link to a page announcing itself as the “Unchurching Community”. The initiative comes from a former pastor, Richard Jacobson, who left his role as a pastor in 2003, […]
JESUS – YOU DECIDE!
It’s not unusual to hear people say something like, “I like Jesus. I think He was a good person and His message of love and peace is what the world needs more of!”
Having reached that conclusion however, most […]
Are you really listening to me?
I was asked recently to speak at a seminar on The Five Love Languages and my topic was Quality Time.
Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages describes Quality Time as “giving someone your undivided attention” and that it is a “powerful emotional communicator […]
Spending quality time together as friends
The Philosopher, Plato, once quoted a story from Greek mythology that said human beings “were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.” […]
Marriage meets our deepest needs
I mentioned last month about how we have become obsessed in our culture with programs like Married at First Sight or the new kid on the block, Date Night.
As I also said, I do not watch these programs, […]
Marriage is not a fairytale ending
I can honestly say that I have never watched a single episode of Married at First Sight or The Farmer Wants a Wife and I do not intend to – the advertisements are enough!
What strikes me is that […]
Light in the Darkness
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis describes the ship sailing into an unearthly, inky blackness and rescuing a sailor who had been lost in the darkness for years. Taking the man onboard, the crew begins […]
The Meaning of Marriage
In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll describes a conversation between Alice and Humpty Dumpty on the topic of words and their meaning. It goes like this: […]
Bringing the best you to your relationships
Becky Turney will never forget the day she married Kelly, the man of her dreams.
The two were married recently in Alaska but the day would contain some sadness for Becky because in October 2015 her 19 year old […]
Finding the Path to ‘Oneness’
There is something very special about seeing an elderly couple who have been married for many years still walking hand in hand with each other.
For me, it is a beautiful and symbolic way of declaring that they have […]