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I Feel Guilty For Setting Boundaries

By Leslie Vernick | April 15, 2013 |

                  Good morning friends, I’m in Chicago visiting my parents just before I head out to Grand Rapids to speak at Ada Bible Church Tuesday night. If you’re in the area, I would love to meet you. If you’d like to attend, go to dschwarz@adabible.org to sign up. I’ll be speaking on…

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Desperate Wife Needs Answers: Does She Need to Repent?

By Leslie Vernick | March 18, 2013 |

  Question: I don’t know how to write you to express my sense of desperation for help right now in my marriage. I have been married for 35 years, and my husband and I have been going through crises off and on for the last 7 years. Currently, through a course of very complicated events including the fact that we…

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My husband won’t talk with me

By Leslie Vernick | March 4, 2013 |

Morning Friends, This Saturday March 9th, I will be speaking all day at Loudonville Community Church in Loudonville, NY. It’s open to the public, and I would love to see you there. If you’re interested, call Kathy Tyrell at 518 426 0751 to register. I’ll also be teaching in their Sunday school the following morning if you chose to stay…

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Developing Strength in a Destructive Marriage

By Leslie Vernick | December 3, 2012 |

Happy Monday Friends, I decided I needed the weekend off. NO writing. No working. You know what I did instead? I threw out about months of old catalogues that have accumulated. I shopped for Christmas. I ate out. I pulled all my spring and summer flowers out of their vases and thought about what to replace them with that looked…

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Setting Boundaries, Entitlement Thinking and Demanding Respect

By Leslie Vernick | November 19, 2012 |

  Hi Friends, Thank you for all your helpful comments on how the church can be more helpful in situations of abuse and destructive marriages. I am on the final stretches of writing this book and I am very excited to see how God is shaping it and putting it all together. I do not think you’ll be disappointed. I…

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Dealing With A Self-Centered Spouse

By Leslie Vernick | November 12, 2012 |

                  Good Monday Morning friends, I have been crazy busy this week and I deeply appreciate your prayers.  I’ve been doing grandma duty all week taking care of three little girls and their mama plus working on my new book.  I’m flying home Monday but wanted to let you know how much…

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Is Marital Indifference Emotionally Abusive?

By Leslie Vernick | October 22, 2012 |

                Bill Welte and me at America’s Keswick   Hi Friends, Thanks for all your prayers. I just finished a fabulous weekend women’s event at America’s Keswick and now I am on the home stretch of writing to finish this new book on Destructive Marriages. Please continue to pray, I have much to…

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My Husband Says His Verbal Abuse is All My Fault

By Leslie Vernick | October 16, 2012 |

                                                Morning friends, I’m sending this from the airport in Tortola, British Virgin Islands where I’ve had an awesome weekend keynoting at the Love Does Not Hurt Conference. Agape Total Life Center partnered with the Office of…

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Today, I’m Asking You Some Questions

By Leslie Vernick | October 8, 2012 |

Morning friends, I’m deep in book writing mode right now and invite you to read a short excerpt answering the question, Is Marital Indifference Emotionally Abusive? It will be posted by Thursday on www.christiancounseling.com I hope you check it out. My two day interview entitled, “Finding Freedom from Destructive Relationships” with Focus on the Family is scheduled to air Wednesday,…

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