Marriage Advice
Broken Trust Requires Forgiveness
I hear it all the time, "I will NEVER forgive that person for what they did to me. I trusted them and they made me look like a fool. I will never give them another chance to stab me in the back again." Betray my trust once, shame on you. Betray me twice, shame …
Broken Trust Requires Rebuilding
It is in your best interest to repair your relationship following a broken trust. I know there are many people screaming just the opposite viewpoint. They have experienced hurt and betrayal of every description and degree. I understand how hard it is to face …
Broken Trust Requires Healing
We have talked about how we cover up our deepest thoughts, feelings and desires. We have talked about how we can paint over the outsides without changing the insides. We have already discussed our desire to be seen as "unbroken people" even though we know the …
Broken Trust
Nothing breaks our hearts more than when someone breaks our trust. We work with an assumed social contract with those people closest to us. The people we call our closest friends are assumed to be those people who would never do anything to harm us. We expect …
Be the Spouse not the Parent
This is the third lesson in our discussion of the Parent-Child-Adult within each one of us. I will be honest. Some people tell me that they have difficulty getting their minds around the idea that we have three different people living inside our heads! It is …
The "Child" Within Us
This is the second of three articles on the discussion on the Parent-Child-Adult within us. The discussion about the "Child" part of our personality is much more fun. The Child is that automatic, built-in emotional core of who we are. It is not learned because …
Who's in Control?
I was a very young father who was coping with being a part-time church custodian, a full-time student as well as having our first toddler at home. At one point I became frustrated with my young son and yelled, "If you do that again, I’ll nail your hide to the …
Guilt and Grace
Nobody knows you better than your marriage partner. So no one can answer the question of how well you do your job as a husband or wife, better than they can. We all make mistakes. We don't do it right all the time. So how do you handle this kind of guilt? How …
Are You Drifting Apart?
Do you feel like you've drifted away from your spouse? How do you re-connect? How would you answer the puzzle we give you in this video? After you watch the video, drop me a note and let me know your answer. ....When you DRIFT Apart! from PastorBobDouglas on …
Making Marriage Work
There's never a day you should not be bringing your "A Game" into your marriage relationship. If professional athletes accept advice and take lessons to improve their game, we should be willing to learn new ways to improve our marriage. Listen to the video and …