Let me tell you about a conversation that I had the other day.  A few months back we invited a young couple and their children over for dinner at our place.  We had had a few short conversations with them in passing at the church and wanted to get to know them better.  We had […]

joy/joi/ the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying.   Why is the Christmas season so stressful and full of anxiety?  The bombardment of media ads seems to start the day after Halloween, jumping straight to Christmas.  It’s like the world has completely forgotten about Thanksgiving and taking time to reflect on […]

As we begin a new year, I want to talk to you a little bit about the importance of setting goals together as a couple.  It’s always wonderful to dream together of what you would like your life to look like, but if you really want to see those dreams achieved, you must write them […]

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”                                             […]