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There IS a Cure For the Summertime Blues: 3 Tips For Surviving Summer With the Kids
Though we usually experience an enthusiastic greeting of summer, some of us find that it can grow to wear on us as the longer days pass. The changes to the school and activity schedule we’ve become accustomed to, the full weekends and having the kids home can get a little stressful for all involved. To get you through, we thought we’d offer a few suggestions for parents and children, alike, [...]
How to Date Your Wife: Date Night Ideas for the Married Couple
You got her to marry you so, (the assumption is), you were once good at this whole dating thing. But since settling down, have your nights out (or even nights in together) been few and far between? Well, it’s time to rekindle the romance. Couples who lose the “us” time they so enjoyed during their dating phase can grow a bit further apart every day. There’s less time to check [...]
Event: Husband Bootcamp: The Reboot – Grant to Hold 2nd Bootcamp in Glen Ellyn
Transform yourself, your marriage and your family. On the heels of his highly successful Husbands' Bootcamp held last weekend at Wheaton Bible Church, Grant has decided to offer a second bootcamp for those who were unable to attend or are just hearing of the opportunity for the first time. Planned for Saturday, May 18th, from 8:00am - 11:00am at Glen Ellyn Bible Church, Grant's bootcamp will follow the same regimen [...]
Loving An Addict
By: Michael Elgersma If someone you love is living with an addiction you may have felt, thought and done everything to try to help the situation that you could possibly feel, think or do. And perhaps you have watched this person become someone unrecognizable to you and to themselves, a far cry from the person you knew before the addiction took control of his or her life. Perhaps you have [...]
Thoughts on Love, Fear, Shame and God — Part III
By Robert Gottlieb: Shame and fear are like a fungus. They live off of garbage, thrive in the darkness and begin to grow on you over time. Whether it be to a teacher, brother, sister, boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse, or to God -- admitting weaknesses and needs is hard and takes courage. But it’s only through practicing courage and through being vulnerable that we can develop courage. It’s much easier initially to simply [...]
How to Confront the Silent Treatment: Turning an Uncomfortable Few Days Into an Uncomfortable Hour
How often, when fighting with your spouse, do you find yourself shutting down? Going off to sulk for awhile? Avoiding all contact with them and giving in to that silly routine so commonly referred to as “giving them the silent treatment”? We’ve participated in this routine since we were children: our siblings would poke or prod at us and we would, in response, withdraw and ignore them in a purposeful [...]