“A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children…” Proverbs 13:22 As we’re in the midst of Season 3 of the Forever Marriage Podcast entitled, FINISH WELL, it has me thinking a good bit of how I want to finish well myself. For most young people starting in...
Mark and Hannah Thomas have served in the College/Young Adult Ministry of Lakewood Baptist now for 7 years. 10 years ago, Dawn and I had the privilege of taking them through the Prepare/Enrich process as they prepared for marriage. Subsequently, I had the honor of...
When it comes to conflict in marriage between me and Dawn, I like to “Barney Fife-It” and “Nip it in the bud!” (I know, that illustration just dated me…). Dawn, on the other hand, needs time to process. In her own words she has to, with God’s help, “sort herself...
I don’t mean it to sound morbid, but I’ve been thinking alot about the end of life lately. I’ve recently performed two separate funerals for a husband and wife who died 15 days apart from each other. They were precious souls to me and Dawn. They mentored us. They...
5 Practices to Keep Throughout Your Marriage Do not let kindness and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. – Proverbs 3:3 One of the first virtues Dawn and I have noticed that tends to slip away (almost unnoticed)...
Proverbs 7, 8 & 9 reveals the wisdom of a father passed down to his son. Later in Proverbs 31, we see the wisdom of a mother passed down to her son. Solomon uses personification to paint a picture of the sharp contrast between wisdom and foolishness, and the...
