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Link to my dissertation
I don’t know if I ever shared this. Here’s the URL to my dissertation: http://digital.library.sbts.edu/bitstream/handle/10392/3736/Trascritti_sbts_0207D_10064.pdf?sequence=1 Tagged: dissertation,...
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My article used in a minister training manual
I am not sure if I ever shared this link: http://storage.cloversites.com/theriverconference/documents/Training%20Resource%20Packet.pdf My article starts on page 119. Tagged: marital issues, marriage,...
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Keep going
I run every other day and today is the day I have to run. I woke up thinking about a run I did when I was 17-years-old. I told my cross country coach that I was going to participate in the 2-mile MLK...
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A couple that prays together stays together
I am looking forward to our trip to Disney World later this month. It will be just my husband and me (we are both running a Disney 5K). 1984 was the last time we were in Disney by ourselves— for our...
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So thankful!
Today is my birthday. My husband did something that he doesn’t usually do—he gave me breakfast in bed. He has already been showering me with wonderful gifts, in fact our recent trip to Disney World was...
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Marriage
“God made them male and female from the beginning of creation… the two are united into one. Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together” (Mark 10:6, 8-9,...
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Commitment
Matthew 19:3-6, “Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him [Jesus] with this question: ‘Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just any reason?’ ‘Haven’t you read the Scriptures?’ Jesus...
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Do you love your neighbor?
Marriage is a funny thing. Out of all the relationships we have on earth, the marital relationship is the one that tests our patience and the extent of our love (the next most difficult relationship is...
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The plight of being married and busy
I teach classes online and one of my favorite courses is “Marriage and Family.” Just today I was telling a student the importance of spending time with one’s spouse. This is hard to do sometimes...
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Work things out!
I remember when my parents divorced. They had a lot of arguments before then, and I think the main issue was that my parents didn’t know how to communicate with one another. Another issue was that my...
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Marriage, forgiveness, and resources
I am teaching a “Marriage and Family” course online for a Christian college and I have discovered that there are so many people who are experiencing problems in their marriage. In my class of about 20...
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Response to Gerald Rogers
My response is long overdue to a post that received wide attention a few months ago, “Beautiful advice from a divorced man after 16 years of marriage”...
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God answered my prayers
Sometimes I wonder if God heard my prayers before I actually accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Today I was on Facebook and on the right column it showed names of people who “I might know.” I...
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Opposites
For many years now, I’ve noticed that my husband and I are “opposites.” For example, he’s an “extravert” and I’m an “introvert.” This morning, while in the bathroom, I noticed the towels we hung after...
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The 29 things I love about my husband
My husband and I will be celebrating our 29th wedding anniversary in two days (November 24th) so I thought it would be fitting to share 29 things that I love about him (they’re not in any particular...
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Words from a “toe”
I have to admit that for most of my marriage I competed with my husband. Even though we were supposed to be a “team” and people saw us as a team, we really were not a team. It wasn’t until a couple...
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The guy
As a young teenager I made a list of the characteristics I wanted in a future husband—he had to love me for who I was, he had to be a family man, a good provider, a hard worker, and he had to be 5’7”...
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My worst run ever!
A couple nights ago I was in a half marathon. It was part of a “coast to coast” event where the first leg of the competition was to run a half marathon in Disneyland, California then the second part,...
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30th Anniversary
It’s about 12:30 am and I just realized that it’s now November 24th and it’s my 30th wedding anniversary. Who would have thought that the marriage of two 19-year-olds would last this long? I just can’t...
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“One Thing” For All Marriages
I’ve been married for almost 32 years. There was a time when I didn’t think we would celebrate our 17th wedding anniversary. My marriage had a rough start. Not only were we teenagers when we got...
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