Imagine this. Discover and understand emotional needs and then share them with your spouse… a KEY to unlocking deeper emotional oneness and satisfaction in marriage? It’s true. It enables us to communicate ways in which we best feel loved, ways best fitting our emotional needs. It allows for a deepened understanding of each other, and … More Can you love me like this? Part 2, ‘How I best feel loved’
Everyone would agree that clarity is important in communication. So I wonder why would we not be clear when talking about Christmas? Increasingly we see the word ‘Holiday’ replacing the word ‘Christmas’. Is this helpful? No. It covers over the real meaning of the season….and maybe with intention. But it doesn’t mean it’s helpful. Could … More CHRISTMAS Clarity
“The gift of an open door this Christmas is a gift of giving… giving of yourself, your time, your home, your family, your hospitality, but most of all the giving of gift of love as we become open doors of love to pass right through.” Mark Wanders……….. Christmas. The most wonderful time of year. The … More Give the Gift of an Open Door this Christmas
Sometimes our love for our spouse is a little misaligned because we simply do not tell them how we best feel loved. Talk it out. Spell it out for each other. And then ask, “Can you love me like this?”
“Far too often drift in marriage occurs for so long, that we come to hardly know or recognize the person we are married to. Even worse, we start not liking them or seeking needs and wants filled by someone else.” Mark Wanders Editor’s Note (Nov 2025): Since writing this post, my wife and I have … More How 90 Minutes Can Strengthen Your Marriage
“If you have never stood before God and been utterly confused, you are serving an idol. God is so much bigger than we could ever fathom.” Quoted by Steve Brown on Key Life. I gave it some thought… Sometimes in life things don’t make sense. We might lift our faces to God and ask ‘Why?’ … More Amidst ‘Utterly Confused’
“One of the easiest things to do is to make excuses why we don’t have time for God.” Mark Wanders, Dec. 2017 A life journey in relationship with Jesus Christ will take time and effort, and include some hard work. It will mean owning our schedule and dedicating intentional time put towards hearing what God … More My Bible, My Journal, and Owning My Schedule
All of us fail… but we are not all failures. Failure is an event, not a person. Embrace failure as life’s lessons towards growth, maturity and success.
A few days back I heard a CBC announcer speaking about the Terry Fox run happening this weekend. He reminded us to ponder as we run, “As you run, think of what he accomplished in his altogether short life.” September 15, 2019 marks a fortieth Terry Fox run including the first run Terry Fox initiated … More As You Run… Know You Have Hope
Marriage life can be busy. And in no time at all we can become so wrapped up in our own things we lose sight of the togetherness aspect of it and drift far from the person who was supposed to be our best friend. What if we regularly invested in island retreats…islands of clarity? Belize … More Islands of Clarity
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