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Continuing with our recipe for cooking up a wonderful marriage, today we’ll add another essential ingredient: service. And let’s be clear about this - we’re talking about mutual service. Each partner diligently and joyfully finding opportunities to

Ingredients for a Delightful Marriage: GRACE So far in our recipe for how to create and maintain a delightful marriage relationship, we have covered the importance of work and play. Now let’s talk about an often overlooked

Lessons From Nature: Find Your Element From time to time, I’ll be sharing articles inspired by my experiences and perspectives gleaned from excursions in nature as I seek out interesting wildlife and moments of beauty - my

What really pushes your buttons and steams you up? Getting stuck in traffic that’s barely crawling. Or just being at the mercy of a driver you’re calling a/an _______ because they _______. Having your best efforts to

Same boat, same whitewater, different experiences! I remember watching a film with my wife some years back called, “The Story of Us.” It chronicles the various chapters, snippets, and moments back and forth over the years that

I wrote this post 7 years ago, and it is as relevant now as it was then. Even more critical, given the recent US Surgeon General’s call to attention I mentioned in my previous post a couple

The US Surgeon General released a VERY SIGNIFICANT advisory this week regarding social media and youth mental health that should have us all sitting up, paying attention, and making some serious adjustments - especially those of us

Disc Golf is a great time for us! (Intro: As I’m working on the process of revamping my website, I’m beginning a new blog series: Simple Ways to Connect with Your Teen. Some, and likely - many,

Sometimes life seems to get all tangled up in a mess. And when you really look at the knot of troubles, you may feel the anxious stab of discouragement telling you it's hopeless: "The knot is just

These poignant words from a great 20th century philosopher have never been more true: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while...You could miss it!"- Ferris Bueller, 1986 Our lives