Marriage – My Book

Knee to Knee Conversation:  When a couple comes in for counseling, I like to get them connected with each other.  The sex life can be dependent on how connected the wife feels toward the husband.  They say that “sex begins in the kitchen.”  Not really but if the wife feels loved and connected to her…

One of the things that married couples learn in counseling that is helpful is to lower their expectations. Women will read romance novels and watch hallmark movies.  Men look at models and sometimes even pornography.   Women and men get a sense that everything has to be perfect.  And usually perfection is doing things his or…

My mother was very critical as I grew up.  Probably because her mother was critical as she was growing up.  The Bible says in Proverbs 21:19 “Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.”  Proverbs 27:15 says “A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a…

As I share with a couple about the importance of a relationship with God and drawing close to him, I share the image of a triangle. God is at the top; the Wife is at one corner and the Husband is on the opposite corner.  If we just focus on our relationship with God, learning…

Mark 10:9 “Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”  That is a really hard thing to do as someone that may be frustrated in a marriage.  What do you do when your heart is not in it? As we look at God’s Word, we see that God does not like divorce.  But…

I am writing a book on marriage. Of course, some of these ideas could be used in any relationships.  I am putting my techniques that I use in my counseling on paper so that someday all will be able to have access the information.  So, as I write I would like to share pieces of…