The key is understanding — Question: What should be the primary goal of your marital communication? 1. To win? 2. To be understood? 3. To understand? If you answered #3, congratulations. You get it. Most people don’t. The secret to not just marital communication but all communications is to seek understanding. Understanding is the comprehension…

Quick and almost-easy communication — A “temp check” may be the easiest, most effective and efficient marriage communication method you will ever use. You don’t need an expensive counselor or lengthy how-to book. You don’t have to leave your house. …

Ask, and it will be given to you — Jesus asked a lot of questions. He wants us to do the same. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. (Matthew 7:7, NIV) But for Christian men, it’s easier to be superficial than real. When…

A new lifeline for isolated men — COVID shoved the men of our church deeper into isolation caves, where we spiritually withered battling depression and temptation alone. We needed our brothers in the faith, but how could we connect when we could scarcely leave our dwellings? The answer: Zoom + Jesus every Tuesday at 7 a.m. 100 straight weeks The…

Send them to eternal email damnation — For some reason, I can’t rid myself of my verizon.net email. Maybe it’s because I like the cadence of it it. Maybe it’s because I don’t want to give my entire online identity to Google. Maybe it’s an unhealthy emotional attachment to the past I need to work through with…

Go! — My tightly laced Nikes toed the starting line on our high school's indoor track as I readied myself to run 600 yards. “GO,” the coach shouted in a commanding voice that scared and motivated me at the same time. Like so many high school coaches who endure long hours and…

The apostle of Ireland experienced suffering — There are similarities to the challenging life of the real St. Patrick and the life you have endured during this global pandemic. Let’s look at three: 1. Disruption Your life was suddenly and unpredictably disrupted, with much of your freedom taken away. The life of St. Patrick, then known by his given…

He worked tirelessly to age 89 — Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is considered the greatest Christian artist in history, bringing characters and scenes from the Bible to awe-inspiring life for millions of people over five centuries. If you have ever been to Italy, you know that Michelangelo carved the 17-foot-tall statue of a young and virile…

Be happier, healthier, wealthier. — After earning two academic degrees in journalism and bleeding newspaper ink from my veins for 25 years, I made a career pivot to digital communications. It didn’t work out as planned. I was fired (for the first time in my life) at age 50. I got Fired at age 50 I thought my career was overmedium.com It could have been the beginning…