Three Ways to Help Your Kids Succeed as Independent Adults
If our primary goal as Christian parents is simply to help our children grow up to be independent, we will have missed something really important.
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Living Intentionally
It’s so easy for all of us to go through our days on auto-pilot without even realizing we’re doing it. Life gets so busy that we just do the next thing that comes along that we have to get done. And then the next. And the next.
Beyond Good Intentions
Unfortunately, when it comes to the Land of Good Intentions, a lot of us can easily move in and stick around way too long.
eMail Bag: Our communication is not like it used to be…
I am reading your book Before You Get Engaged and I love it, but I have a question. I’ve been dating my boyfriend for four years and we are talking about getting engaged. When our relationship first started, we talked…
A Dad, A Son, and a Kharmann Ghia
For years I’ve heard the saying, “Rules without a relationship lead to rebellion.” Just thinking about that freaked me out when I was raising my kids. I’m naturally a rules person. I can do rules, no problem...
Where Did the Years Go?
The day your oldest child comes home from high school and starts talking about colleges they want to visit, it finally hits you. Those old people were right! The years went by so fast. Too fast.
4 Words Parents Say A Lot
THERE ARE FOUR WORDS that I probably heard my parents say a million times when I was growing up. And strangely, they were four words that usually didn’t really mean what they should have meant. I’m guessing you’ve probably heard…
email Bag: How do I know if I’m all “dated out”?
My girlfriend and I have been dating for three and a half years. She is thinking marriage but I still am not so sure. I want to know for certain that it is God's will before I make that decision. But I also tend to be very doubtful...
eMail Bag: We lived together before marriage. What went wrong?
Hi Dr. Dave, I moved in with my boyfriend and after six weeks we broke up. We had been dating for a year. I’m still wondering why this happened? I’m reading your book now and hoping it will give me…
Radio Interview with Dr. Gudgel – Should You Get Engaged?
Radio Interview with Dr. Gudgel in which he responds to the question "Should I Get Engaged?"