How To Talk To Your Children About Sex

Today I’m guest posting over at Simple Mom (where I’m a monthly columnist). I’ve written a post that I think you’ll enjoy as well: How to talk to your children about sex If you like it, please join in the discussion there and share it by Retweeting or via Facebook. Thank you. Want more? Get [...]

How To Create More Intimacy In Your Marriage

It’s safe to say that one of the major things marriage provides your life is the intimate connection  you can create with your spouse. It’s part of marriage’s elegance. You and your spouse can create an entire part of your life that only the two of you know about. Yet, this intimate connection is also [...]

Top Ten Summer Survival Tips For Moms

Transitioning from school to summer can be hard on our kids, but I think it is even harder on us moms, if you know what I mean!   If we have been lucky enough to have all our kids in school during the day, we are use to having some time “alone”.  This abrupt change when [...]

Simple Marriage Podcast #6: No More Mr. Nice Guy

In this episode I get the opportunity to interview Dr. Robert Glover, author of No More Mr. Nice Guy. One of the more popular series thus far has been the series on the Nice Guy. Since most of the material for the Nice Guy posts has come from Dr. Glover’s work, it was great to [...]

19 Must Read Blogs for Married People, Plus Several More

Last year I wrote a post about 20 must read blogs for married people. This post included many of the sites I regularly read at the time … but as time has passed, some have gone away or dormant, while others have rocked along and even expanded. What follows is an updated list, and almost [...]

Marriage and Money: Do You Have a Plan?

‘He who fails to plan, plans to fail’, Proverb When you got married, did you and your spouse sit down and develop a plan for your family finances? I am a big believer that those who are proactive achieve the most success, and I have experienced this to be true in the area of money [...]

A Frugal Marriage Equals More Passion

Editor’s Note: Originally published March 31, 2008. For the past several months, my wife and I were making preparations to place our house on the market. We weren’t looking to move to an enormous house, but since we have two kids now, we were looking to gain another bedroom and a bit more storage space. [...]

Swift kick in the life list

Perhaps you’ve seen the movie The Bucket List. You may even be one of the many people who’ve created such a list. If you’re not familiar with what I’m talking about, answer these questions: Do you have some things that you really want to do before you die? Have you written these things down? If [...]

A Simple Marriage “Summer Rocks” Sale

Warning: Blatant sales post. Summer means many things, no school for the kids, vacations, hot days sitting by the pool, yard work, and cookouts. The main thing about summer is time. Time with family. Time to sit with your spouse outside and watch the kids play. So why not take advantage of the time this [...]

Memorial Day Musings

The approach of Memorial Day this year made me think about some of my friends and family members who have passed away. The pain of their loss may never go away completely, but it has lessened over time. One of the ways I dealt with the sudden loss of my mother several years ago was [...]

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