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Posted on November 25, 2020November 23, 2020

How to reconcile

Relationships require forgiveness if they are going to flourish. Inevitably we are going to wrong one another, and we need skill to know how to…

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Posted on November 24, 2020November 24, 2020

Own it.

Children have a sixth sense for hypocrisy. Adults do too. There's Hypocrisy (with a capital H) that rightly ruins credibility. This is avoided by a…

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Posted on November 13, 2020November 13, 2020

Tap the brakes

Instant communication isn't always a gift. How many times have we regretted responding too swiftly with words that were overstated because of the heat of…

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Posted on November 5, 2020November 3, 2020

Inside jokes

If you have siblings, you probably have inside jokes--some of them may go all the way back to your childhood. They may involve super-obscure references…

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Posted on November 3, 2020November 2, 2020

Always and never

Successful conflict resolution requires skillful communication. These skills can be learned, practiced, and made into habits. One of the several venues I teach these skills…

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Posted on October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

Underneath the door

Singer/songwriter Michael Card shares what it was like for him to grow up as the son of a medical doctor. If you have a few…

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Posted on October 13, 2020October 12, 2020

Clarity

Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn't mean anything else.C.S. Lewis,…

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Posted on October 9, 2020October 7, 2020

Flag or whistle?

In premarital counseling, in our session on communication, I give each person an invisible whistle or yellow flag--whichever they prefer. It's for calling fouls. Folks…

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Posted on September 25, 2020September 24, 2020

You hangry?

It took Diedra and me longer than we care to admit to notice that we were getting in petty arguments right before dinner. Eat some…

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Posted on September 18, 2020September 17, 2020

Long distance

I married my high school sweetheart after four years of mostly long-distance dating (we got to see each other occasionally). This was before cell phones.…

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