November 4, 2022
Dirty Laundry The black laundry basket full of clean laundry had been sitting there in the middle of the laundry room for a few days waiting for some attention–my attention. Day after day, I gave […]
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September 27, 2022
Screwed Up One evening last week as I returned home from my local Starbucks where I was working on finalizing a lot of Eusebeia details, I put my key in the door lock, turned the […]
August 18, 2022
““The time will come,” says the Lord, “when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested.” — Amos 9:13 When Dalia and I first married thirty-four years ago, we purchased a […]
January 1, 2022
Over the past 5 years, I have touted Eusebeia as “a spiritual revival for Christian marriage”. However, it has only been since 2019 that we have truly begun to understand where the Holy Spirit is […]
September 22, 2021
This past Labor Day holiday weekend, Dalia and I spent a few days in one of our favorite spots in Maryland, Solomon’s Island which sits right by the intersection of the beautiful Chesapeake Bay and […]
August 19, 2021
School has started and hopefully, the kids are back in person and able to participate in activities with their friends. Having observed most of the different sports training programs, I would have to say that […]
August 19, 2021
It is July–more than halfway through the year. When, I think of July two specific things come to mind. First, I think of Dalia and my wedding anniversary. Two weekends ago (July 16) our marriage […]
August 19, 2021
This past weekend as we celebrated Memorial Day, Dalia and I enjoyed a restful respite away in Birdsboro, PA about an hour and a half from our home. One evening during our stay we were […]
May 16, 2021
A Great Marriage that Never Was For Dalia and me this year of 2021 has been the most fascinating and exciting of almost thirty-three years of marriage. In many ways, it feels utterly surreal. In […]
April 11, 2021
During our 44 years of marriage, Jan and I have been married to six different people. How can this be, you ask? Well, psychologists tell us that as we age we are changed by our […]
April 11, 2021
Lent is an important time of year because it sets the stage for the most significant event in the history of the Church–the death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We call […]
April 11, 2021
I’d like to open this article with a biblical passage that amplifies an area that I have been focused on this year, namely the spiritual disciplines. So let us stop going over the basic teachings […]
January 31, 2021
Most happily married couples have various habits or rituals that they do to help keep their marriages alive and fresh. These are the things that they do to say “I love you!” or “I still […]
January 31, 2021
Happy New Year to you. How will your 2021 be remembered? First, let’s turn back the clock more than twenty years to gain some perspective. On July 16, 1999, John F Kennedy Jr., son of […]
August 1, 2020
For much of this year, I’ve been thinking about joy. That probably sounds weird. But, it’s true, nonetheless. For many of us, it has been difficult to be joyful in the midst of a global […]
June 7, 2020
A couple of weeks ago, I was on a Zoom call with some Christian couples seeking to share some of the deeper aspects of Christian marriage rather than the shallow conversations that are far more […]
January 15, 2020
During the holiday break, my daughter Kyrsten and I had our traditional dad-daughter date—which we used to do every month when she was still a teen and living at home. Now, with her living away […]
December 19, 2019
This past month at the monthly couples fellowship that my wife Dalia and I attend, something miraculous happened. I doubt that any of the fifteen couples in attendance recognized the miracle. It wasn’t on the […]
November 27, 2019
Today, I was hanging pictures in our newly rehabbed 1850’s house. We have accumulated quite a little art gallery over the years. I didn’t realize it so much until today when I was motivated to […]
November 13, 2019
I have a love-hate relationship with Ikea. I love that I’ve been able to go there and purchase nice-looking, trendy furniture that I can put together in hard-to-fit rooms in some of our real estate […]
October 28, 2019
Christian marriage is in trouble. We have lost our way. What’s the problem? Well, frankly, we don’t reflect Christ. And, it shows in the poor quality of our marriages, the shallowness of our faith, and the temporariness […]
