WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE TO GO BACK TO THE FINAL SCENE IN THE MOVIE "JERRY MAGUIRE" AND CHANGE TOM CRUISE'S ROMANTIC LINE, "I LOVE YOU...YOU COMPLETE ME!" WHY? Because it's unhealthy and untrue. THERE. I LIKE THAT LINE A LOT BETTER. It's so unfair how the movies that make us swoon and tear up with sw

If you are single and wish that you weren't, it can be so frustrating, hurtful, lonely- you name it and you've probably experienced it during this season. That's why when a question popped up in my inbox from Jenelle about how to find hope when you are tired of being single, I had to write out some

If you've ever thought your marriage problems would be solved if you and your spouse simply stopped fighting... think again! This video series is for you! Based on the book, Fight Your Way to a Better Marriage, this series goes deeper with author Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife Erin Smalley from Focus

Google “marriage jokes” and these are some of the things you’ll find: Marriage is not a word. It is a sentence–a life sentence. Marriage is very much like a violin; after the sweet music is over, the strings are attached. Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore, marriage is an institution for the

I got an email from a concerned virgin: a young man troubled by the sexual sins of his partner’s past.  His voice is just one in the choir of hundreds of young men and women that I meet and counsel who are bogged down by the disappointment in their heart at the un-reciprocated sexual purity they fac

When Bo was in prison and I (Gari) was dealing with serious illness, we needed to encourage and support each other because we were both in a tough place. As a man, Bo sometimes needed support in different ways than I needed as a woman. In our book, Grace Behind Bars, we both write about our journey.

“Do you want to come over and make valentines?” I had to read my friend’s message twice to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. Sure enough, though, she was inviting another friend and me to her house for a card-making party. I was almost thirty years old . . . surely too old for cutting out paper hear

Sharing space with any woman comes with its own unique set of challenges. Men and Women think very differently about home decor, accommodations, fashion, even the foods we eat. So today, when Joy broke out the "Shimmer Dusting Powder" (its basically a hand grenade filled with glitter) I immediately

YESTERDAY, THE LADIES CHIMED IN WITH THEIR LIST OF WORDS TO NEVER USE WHEN DESCRIBING THEM...WORDS LIKE: * Hormonal * Diva * Drama Queen * High Maintenance * Motherly * Princess TODAY, WE'VE GOT THE WORDS TO NEVER USE WHEN DESCRIBING YOUR MAN! SINCE WE NEVER WANT TO BE CALLED... * CUTE :

When Mike Donehey was in college, he learned an important and somewhat humorous lesson about relationships. Now, his marriage is so important to him, he finds practical ways to protect it. He shares his stories in this video.   Mike says, "I didn't know I was dating girl in college, because I though

A few months ago, my daughter, Caroline, curled up next to me on the couch after a day of school that had left her tired and frustrated. She began to tell me how she just wasn’t sure who was a real friend. We talked through it, and I wiped her tears as she let out a big sigh, saying, “I just don’t h

For a number of years during my commute to work, I would enter the highway at the same toll ramp almost every day. I would impatiently wait in the line of cars, wanting to get through the tollbooth as quickly as possible. As I waited to pay, I would see an anonymous hand reach out of the booth and g

The short answer is, "Yes." But the reasons why he thinks he's still single are even more interesting and show us something important about relationships: "Being single is not a choice for me... This is deep. I actually haven't said this much on film, guys, so appreciate this. My one regret in life

I don’t think so. As a guy who has been married, lost at love, and is trying again to let go and let God…the idea of “the one” doesn’t seem to fit me any more. What if because of my life’s decisions (or theirs) I’ve missed out on my “One”? What now? What if God doesn’t have one particular person you