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Marriage: Developing a Marriage Mission Statement

Marriage: Developing a Marriage Mission Statement Know Why You are Developing a Mission Statement as a Couple Life is about choices. When you intentionally make the right decisions, so many things...

Marriage: Drop the ā€œEDGEā€ā€”A Journey into Graciousness

Letā€™s be clearā€”Iā€™m a recovering ā€œedge-aholicā€.Ā I will be speaking out of a deep, insatiable and ongoing need to deal with my own lack of graciousness. I have often said when Iā€™m...

Podcastā€”Where was God in Las Vegas?

Where was God in Las Vegas? This topic is one of the most heart-felt questions of all time. Where was God in this tragedy? Why did He allow this to happen?...

Marriage: The Love Formula

Appreciate the Formula of Love As the years go by, without the right attention, itā€™s not uncommon for a marital relationship to begin to waverā€”as in fade or grow apart. Routine,...

DFR App

  We are excited to offer you some of the best resources available to strengthen your marriage and build a stronger family! This App is laced with amazing daily tips, articles,...

Marriage: The Secrets of ā€œHappy Camperā€ Dating

Here is an amazing secret of dating for life. Itā€™s easy to take our mate for granted as we get busier with work, kids and life. We quit dating and little...

Marriage: Moments that Matterā€”Learning to Connect for Life

Moments That Matter Each Day Ever heard it said, ā€œLittle things go a long way.ā€ Itā€™s true. These little things include what is said and done in even a few seconds...

Parenting: The Ups and Downs of Summer Family Vacation

For most of us, we donā€™t get enough time together with those we love the most. Summer family vacations are designed to be great catch-up times to reconnect parents with kids....

Parenting: Passing on your Faith during Christmas

Iā€™m the outspoken ā€œMerry Christmasā€ guy in a world where itā€™s not politically correct. Itā€™s my part of the fight. Though Seasonā€™s Greetings or Happy Holidays have all but replaced ā€œMerry...

Marriage: Forgiveness Part 3ā€”How to Forgive Someone

Forgiveness Part 3: How to Forgive Someoneā€”Where There's A Will, There's A Way Forgiveness...when freedom is forged where fury once raged. It is far easier to talk about forgiveness then to...

Marriage: You Make No Senseā€”Overcoming Marital Misunderstandings

A man once called his neighbour to help him move a couch that had become stuck in the doorway. They pushed and pulled until they were exhausted, but the couch wouldnā€™t...

Parenting: My 6 Greatest Joys of Being a Parent

The truth isā€”my primary days of being ā€œDadā€ are over. Sure, I still hold the title and always will. But at best, I now only occupy a small place in my...

Marriage: The Power of FAITHFULNESS

The Power of FAITHFULNESSā€”Keeping Your Promise in a World that Doesnā€™t Know How A few years back, I got inspired to go against the flow of culture and make a statement....

Marriage: Escalating Domestic Violence in Marriage

When All Hell is Breaking Loose...A Marital Game Plan When Facing Escalating Domestic Violence If you are reading this, you are likely facing some significant pressures in your most important relationships...

Parenting: Part 2ā€”Redefining Boredom

BoredomĀ Creates Opportunities for Us and Our Children In my pursuit to change our response to the word ā€œboredomā€ in our home, I continually find more benefits of unscheduled time, particularly in...