Marriage & Family Matters

How We Can Break the Loneliness Cycle God created each of us for relationship, regardless of our past.  He wants all of us to experience connection with others.  In fact, he promises it.  Look at what David wrote in Psalm … Continue reading →

Lonely or Depressed? It’s very easy to lump together loneliness and depression.  Those who experience loneliness over time usually end up also being depressed.  But loneliness and depression are different in important ways.  In many ways, they are really opposites. … Continue reading →

The Brain of the Lonely Person How do our life experiences and environment feed into our feelings of loneliness?  By affecting the chemistry of the brain, which in turn affects what happens in our genes.  One of the hormones released … Continue reading →

Are You Lonely? About twenty percent of people feel sufficiently isolated that they would say they are lonely.  That’s about sixty million people in the United States alone.  But what most people don’t understand is that their feeling of isolation … Continue reading →

The Husband as the “Source” In my reaction to the way some people interpret the words “headship” and “submission,”  some time ago I was drawn to I Corinthians 11:3, which says, “The head of every man is Christ, the head … Continue reading →

Who Makes Decisions in Your Marriage? There’s the old story about the husband who was asked, “Who makes the decisions in your marriage?”  His answer was, “We both do.  She makes all the little decisions, like where we live, who … Continue reading →

Why Have Faith?  Health vs. Heaven A recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal (August 9, 2013) asked the question, “Does faith make you healthier?” The author, Ari N. Schulman, raised an interesting question that is often overlooked.   There are … Continue reading →

The Perils of Giving Advice–to Your Wife Most husbands, even though they know it will create a problem, still can’t resist giving advice to their wife.  He just can’t help himself–it’s really a “man thing” to give advice.  It’s interesting … Continue reading →

Looking Forward to the Empty Nest?  Be Careful! I’ve worked with a number of couples who were looking forward to being “empty nesters,” only to be disappointed.  Some even had the horrible experience of finding that when the last kid … Continue reading →

Want to Stop Alzheimer’s Early On? What’s your purpose for your life?  Can you articulate it?  What  gives you a sense of meaning?  Can you describe it?  If you can’t answer these questions, you may have just increased your risk … Continue reading →