Peace in the storm

I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. Jesus This past month has brought its share of storms into our lives. By storms, I mean an actual tropical storm – Hurricane Florence. Those of […]

A sense of adventure

Whether we realize it or not, the truth is that every marriage has a crucial story to tell. A crucial adventure. Come on. What did you get married for if not for a sense of adventure? It takes guts to get married, doesn’t it! It takes even more guts to explore the landscape of one’s […]

Mythic

  What Jesus states is only clear when we embrace our own story and think mythically. We must see ourselves in a crucial adventure, a story of our own worth fighting for, or we may miss the full meaning of life and find ourselves battling loneliness. Jesus offers a life worth fighting for, a marriage […]

What lies ahead… part 2

Part 1 2. Fulfill Your Role Mindset: We are created to rule our home as compassionate Kings and Queens and skilled competent warriors. We pray boldly and speak blessings over our children every night before bed. We train our children up like arrows in the hands of mighty warriors – to destroy obstacles! Our marriages can […]

What lies ahead…

When we look at our marriage story, we have seen both obstacles and opportunities. We believe that the shadow of God’s glory is found in our story. And in yours!  But to fully unveil His glory within us we have had to completely embrace our story, no matter how painful, no matter how insignificant the […]

Happy Valentines Day!

our definition of a date: where love creates blessings and manifests itself in the natural world With Valentine’s Day being today, we want to have some fun by sharing our very first date and why we feel regular date nights are so important, even after 12 years of marriage!  Brownie points: My first date with Jessica […]

Swimming upstream like Salmon

My husband and I just listened to a message from our pastor on Fear vs. Faith.  It made me think about Salmon.  I have a thing for fish as a scientist and marine biologist!  Salmon are designed to leave their native streams for the ocean, fatten up, and then return to the stream to create baby […]

Are you teachable?

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. Bruce Lee If knowledge is power, then Bruce Lee’s quote represents (to […]

Marriage is a Musical

I dedicate this entry to my lovely wife – who God blinds every single day to love me.  With Christmas around the corner, I thought I’d share something that stirs in my soul. A musical is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance (google definition). I am not a […]

Pain of Passivity & Power of Purpose – Part 3

Part 2 When we take out the trash and change the channel, we can… 3rd – Move Forward  A marriage moving forward with purpose is not stepping backward in fear (the dominant trait of passivity).  I love this quotes from the movie First Knight. King Arthur (Connery) asks Lancelot (Gere) how he was able, unlike others, to […]