Compassion


Marriage
The Surprising Starting Point for Happy Marriages
Posted On May 19, 2025

The enemy of marital happiness is contention. We fight and misunderstand each other. We develop resentments. We can become estranged. So, the intuitively obvious recommendation is to get people to talk …

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Marriage
Jesus, the Samaritan Woman, and Your Marriage
May 5, 2025

When Jesus chose to whom He would make the first official declaration of His divinity, it was to the Samaritan woman by Jacob’s well. What a surprise! His choice defied …


Marriage
The Key to Happy Marriages
April 24, 2025

At one time or another, most married people have felt stuck. They cared about their partner and found many blessings in their marriages, but something wasn’t working right and the …


Marriage
Dealing with Differences in Marriage
February 24, 2025

We humans are odd creations! We all think we’re rational and sensible, yet at the same time, it’s pretty clear to us that most other people are held hostage by …


Self Development  / Uncategorized
What’s Your Joy Level?
February 10, 2025

It is easy to get swallowed up in bad news. There are abundant opportunities to be gloomy. Ingrown toenails. Lack of rain. National contention. Family challenges. Inflation. Egg shortages. There …


Marriage
Dealing with Irritation in Your Marriage
January 13, 2025

Marriage is a strange state. Almost all people enter marriage expecting companionship, happiness and fulfillment. Yet almost half divorce. Among the rest, many relationships are packed with conflict. Some are …


Parenting
Bringing Compassion to Parenting
November 18, 2024

Since I consider the book Between Parent and Child by Haim Ginott to be a masterwork of empathetic, yet disciplined child raising, I was delighted when Haim’s widow, Alice Ginott, …


Free Resources  / Self Development
The Core Doctrine of the Book of Mormon
October 21, 2024

There are unnumbered treasures in the Book of Mormon! In 2005, I published a series of thirteen articles about the ways that great book of scripture acts as a latter-day …


Self Development
God’s Trophies
October 7, 2024

Quite often something that is almost too good to be true. A sunset. A field of wildflowers. A starry night. A delectable peach. Over the years, when we ran into a …


Marriage
Understanding Differences in Our Marriages
September 23, 2024

It is surprising how different we can be in our marriages. Here are some differences we have seen in couples we know and love. He is married to his job and …