Morning friends, I’m in Chicago this week spending some time with my elderly parents. It’s so good to share this journey with them and it’s so hard. It’s never easy seeing those you love struggle and when you think of it, I’d appreciate your prayers for them. Question: I’ve been married for almost 13 […]
Do I Have To Have Sex With My Husband?
Hi Friends, Wow, this has been a crazy week. We had an overwhelming response to our invitation for new CONQUER members. It only shows me that there are so many Christian women who are feeling stuck and afraid in destructive and abusive marriages. Second, I’ve been doing Grandma camp for the last two weeks, […]
Do I Have To Have A Relationship With My Mother-In-Law?
Morning friends, Thanks so much for your prayers. It was a grueling week and I spoke a lot and now I’m sick with a head cold. I have another week of travel to go. As I gave my keynote address at AACC there was a collective gasp when I said, “Abuse, adultery, and addictions are […]
My Husband Never Apologizes
Morning friends, I am having a great time on a much-needed vacation. I am sitting on the deck of my cruise ship in Barcelona, Spain while I am writing this. I know I know, I shouldn’t be working, but I wanted to get this new blog out to you for this week and I […]
How Do I Center Myself In God?
Morning friends, If you’ve been praying for me, thank you. I’ve had a whirlwind month of speaking and traveling and I’m pretty wiped out. I’m home for the next two weeks and looking forward to getting my paperwork cleaned up. Have you gone paperless? If so, what did you do first? What scanner did you […]
Three Essentials to Thriving Marriages
Morning Friends, This weekend I had the awesome privilege of ministering to the wonderful folks at The First Baptist Church of Glenarden, MD as well as speaking at the Sunday morning service at Loudoun Bible Church in Ashburn, VA. I feel so blessed […]
Topic: My Husband is Smoking – The Gift of Acceptance
Good morning friends, We have just survived our first October snowstorm. Much of the area has been without power, many beautiful trees are ruined. Their branches couldn’t carry the load of snow and ice because their leaves hadn’t dropped. It is so sad to see the wreckage. I’ve included two pictures, one from the snow […]
The Idolatry of Marriage and the Comfort of God
Hi Friends, I hope all my East coast friends survived Hurricane Irene. Thankfully, we only had minor water leakage in our basement and lots of leaves everywhere from all the heavy winds. Just a reminder, next Tuesday, my newsletter is going out. I will be talking about Holy Listening. Do you know how to hear […]
Topic: What do you want said at your funeral?
Evening friends, Last week I was in California visiting with my precious grandbaby. We went to Disney Land to celebrate her first birthday. It was cold, but thankfully didn’t rain (it rained the rest of the week). But over the past two weeks I’ve been pondering something. What do you want said about you at […]