January 15, 2020

Why You Need Improv in Your Christian marriage

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

Cheaters: Why Christian Marriages Fail to Thrive

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 13, 2019

Ikea and the DIY Marriage

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 […]
August 13, 2019

Grasping the Power of Touch in Marriage

God has designed us to be touched. In fact, of the five senses, touching is the one area that is not limited to any one area of our body. Small tactile receptors are located throughout […]
May 14, 2019

Is Your Marriage Amateur or Professional?

As long as I can remember, I’ve been an avid sports fan. I loved to play sports. My favorite sport was basketball.  From elementary school to the time when I was cut from the JV […]
May 6, 2019

The Wrong Side of Being Right

During one of our workshops when teaching about developing better communication skills , a young man once asked, “If I absolutely know I’m right, then why should I let my wife win an argument?” Though […]
April 13, 2019

Great Marriages Tell Dirty Stories

My wife, Dalia and I have a wonderful praise report. Just this week, we placed our primary house for sale on the real estate market. In the first day that it was shown, we received […]
February 17, 2019

Why Trust has ‘US’ in the middle

I am often asked the secret to a great marriage. Over the twenty years since I started this journey in the marriage enrichment space, I have read many books, spoken with hundreds (if not thousands) […]