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Podcast: Special Podcast with Ridge Church | Facing COVID19 Better as a Family
A special Podcast with Ridge Church! Dr. Dave Currie shares how families can better navigate and work through these trying times — and become closer, not farther apart during COVID19! Dr....
eZine #77 : Making Valentine’s Day Last
February eZine: Making Valentine's Day Last All Year! We don't think Valentine's Day should be celebrated only once a year! Here's how you become a lifetime Valentine to your spouse!...
eZine #76: Ramping Up Resolutions
January eZine: Ramping Up Resolutions | A 4-Step Plan to Review & Refocus Your Life What if…just what if the New Year’s resolution idea was reframed? Try out these words—REVIEW...
eZine #75: Gifts at the Wall
December eZine: What To Teach Your Kids This Christmas Gifts left at an emotional wall are gestures of intent —overtures of desire to regain what has been lost. It is saying...
Marriage: Gifts at the Wall
Gifts at the Wall: Showing Reconciliation Intention What is a WALL? A WALL is an intentional, emotional barrier that prevents relational connection. What causes these WALLS to go up? These interpersonal...
Moving Ahead From 2020 – to 2021
Releasing 2020... to move forward in 2021 Group Life Coaching & Spiritual Direction Event Now is the time to reflect on the year of 2020, seek the Lord together and invite Him...
eZine #75: Overcoming Marital Misunderstandings
November eZine: Overcoming Marital Misunderstandings Featured Article: You make no sense | Overcoming Marital Misunderstandings Do you ever feel like you and your spouse are working against each other? Misunderstandings kill connection....
eZine #74: Marriage: The Love Formula
October eZine: Marriage: The Love Formula Featured Article: The Love Formula As the years go by, without the right attention, it’s not uncommon for a marital relationship to begin to waver—as in...
eZine #73
September eZine: Leaving Lasting Footprints Featured Article: Leaving Lasting Footprints You see, we are leaving footprints every day for our family to follow. But it’s not a game—it is life. The stakes...
eZine #72 | Facing Temptation In Your Life
August eZine: Facing Temptation in your Life Featured Article: Facing Temptation in your Life At the core, temptation is an unhealthy draw or an unholy desire toward something that we know is...
Facing Temptation in Your Life
She came to me. Early twenties. Broken, confused and defeated. Why? She had repeatedly given in to the draw of being sexually intimate with her soon-to-be fiancé. She knew it was...
eZine #71: How To Handle Tough Parenting Seasons
July eZine: How To Handle Tough Parenting Seasons Parenting: Tough Seasons in Parenting | How to make it through In spite of the rigorous demands of the race, I have fully loved...
Tough Seasons of Parenting
Tough Seasons of Parenting How to Make It Through When we are in the middle of each season of parenting, we think it’s going to go on forever. The day-to-day...
eZine #70 | The Greatest Joys of Being a Parent
June eZine: The Greatest Joys of Being a Parent The truth is—my primary days of being “Dad” are over. Sure, I still hold the title and always will. But at best,...
eZine #69 | The Downward Spiral of Worry
May eZine: The Downward Spiral of Worry We are in a season that understandably spawns worry. Frequent media coverage incessantly repeating unnerving words like world-wide pandemic, infectious disease, death tolls, quarantine,...