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How to Work on Your Marriage

How to Work on Your Marriage

How to work on your marriage... "You Get Out What You Put In" just needed a little pizzaz, so we made up a word - YGOWUPI. I've seen women spend hundreds of dollars on a shopping spree and jump up and down, trying to get their husband's attention. The man doesn't even...

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Your Spiritual Walk Requires Balance and Wisdom

Your Spiritual Walk Requires Balance and Wisdom

Spiritual Walk / Leg Day – They Matter! You see that guy at the gym who is grunting like a bear while benching the house. He gets up from the bench, and you can see he spends a lot of time at the gym but is focusing on one area. His arms are so massive that he can't...

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Building A Healthy Marriage: Your First Steps

Building A Healthy Marriage: Your First Steps

Building a healthy marriage? It starts with good habits and intentionality. My dad wore work shoes most of the time. He had a pair of low-top steel-toe shoes that he wore with white socks and pants rolled up, if that paints a picture. He rarely wore dress shoes....

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UNCOMMEN Challenge: Setting Good Goals

UNCOMMEN Challenge: Setting Good Goals

If you are a UNCOMMEN member, please ensure you're signed in to view this content. If you aren't a member, please click here to get started. If you are like us and spend way too much time behind a desk or sitting on the couch, here’s your chance to...

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Overprotective Parenting Habits

Overprotective Parenting Habits

This is what overprotective parenting habits are doing to your child! A parent's duty to a child is to give them love, to care for them, and to keep them safe. However, parents in trying to keep kids safe, often go to extreme lengths. This duty can have detrimental...

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Faith is Built in the Waiting Period

Faith is Built in the Waiting Period

Ever wondered why we have to wait so much? I wonder all the time. I will admit I have grown a little more patience with age, but only a few. I frequently want answers to things that I have no clue, and I usually want the answer immediately. Think about it.  "Better is...

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The Father is a Good Shepherd to His Flock

The Father is a Good Shepherd to His Flock

Shepherding the Flock. The familiar image of the shepherd and his sheep illustrate the truth that we all have a Father in heaven patiently waiting for his sons to step into the peace and comfort only He can provide. No matter how remarkable or pitiful our earthly...

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Same Storm, Different Boats

Same Storm, Different Boats

I hardly ever give any of my time listening to celebrities and their opinions on current events. But I did hear one say, "we are all going through this together." It occurred to me that while we are all going through the same storm, we are not all in the same boat....

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The New Normal and How God Works Through Trials

The New Normal and How God Works Through Trials

Have you ever thought about how God works through trials? I hate the term “New Normal.” I started writing this post four different times until I realized I was trying to avoid these two words. The first time I heard them was a few days after our daughter died. Someone...

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When Life Brings Nothing But Change

When Life Brings Nothing But Change

It's been nothing but change since August of 2018. I have been experiencing the life-changing events of being an empty-nester. Now that we are empty-nesters, we have more time together as a husband and wife, but there's this sadness mixed with excitement lingering in...

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