Feb 10 2009
A paradigm is basically a worldview and overall structure for approaching and making sense of life. I start today’s post with the concept of a paradigm, because yours may get shaken a bit today. My number one mentor was all about shaking people’s paradigms while he was walking planet earth. So why shouldn’t I give [...]
Feb 07 2009
Well, I hope you have already gotten some helpful insight into some places to bring more peace into your life this week. Today I want to share one of my very favorites. As with all the other practices on my list, this one adds up slowly to a wonderful cumulative effect of greater peace. However, [...]
Feb 05 2009
Yesterday, I began a series of 10 proven ways to increase your peace. As promised, here is a second clear way to nurture a life of greater serenity and calm. 2. Take time to calm down before trying to “correct” anyone. This includes your children, your spouse (use caution correcting your spouse anytime!), your employees, [...]
Sep 30 2008
You don’t need me to tell you what a crisis our nation is facing right now. Sure, right now to the average Joe/Jill like you or me, it may seem like something removed to Wall St. or D.C., but the waves will soon crash on the shore of our own front yards. Life is likely [...]
Jul 18 2008
My wife and I recently went for a marriage retreat at the Parish Hermitage. We really needed it. I really needed it. I was not in a good place regarding my marriage, and my wife and my marriage were suffering for it. And the two things that really blow me away about this are 1. [...]
Jun 09 2008
I haven’t stepped on the scale for a while, probably a couple months or so. No big deal. Surely I’m just holding at the same weight. Maybe even slowly shedding a pound or two along the way. After all, I really want to lose about 30 pounds, so surely that counts for something, even if [...]
Feb 11 2008
I recently found this old post from Mike Cope’s blog, and wanted to share it with you here. It is a well written perspective on the concept of differentiation in the context of families. Differentiation is one of the core concepts I will be explaining and building upon in my upcoming book, which I will [...]
Feb 04 2008
Here is a sneak peak at my upcoming column in the March/April issue of Southern Families Magazine. I don’t know how much editing the column will undergo for publication, but here is my original, based on a question submitted from a parent through the Parenting 101 page on WAFB’s website. Thanks to this mom for [...]
Sep 01 2006
Some of you have healthy, vibrant, joy-filled marriages that are a great source of security and love in your life. It’s not perfect, but it sure is good! If so, please consider finding another couple or two to mentor. Believe me, some couple out there could really use your encouraging example. Others reading this post are [...]
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