During the pruning process, the vine gets cut waaaay back until it is thirsty and appropriately distressed. God, our Vinedresser, is intentionally pruning us back in this season of distress. Listen in as we talk about what this looks like in ou
During the pruning process, the vine gets cut waaaay back until it is thirsty and appropriately distressed. God, our Vinedresser, is intentionally pruning us back in this season of distress. Listen in as we talk about what this looks like in o
Renee: Whenever there's a conflict or a fight, you automatically have rules (whether spoken or unspoken) in which you engage each other. You may not know what they are until you're actually in the fight, but everyone has them. Most of us have
Don: Hotspots are areas of friction in your marriage. They start off in a relationship but are not critical. They don't necessarily cause a huge fight. We don't have to stop and tend to them immediately. They're just areas of friction that ar
Renee: Whenever there's a conflict or a fight, you automatically have rules (whether spoken or unspoken) in which you engage each other. You may not know what they are until you're actually in the fight, but everyone has them. Most of us have
Hey There! Don: Today's topic - four things that will gut your relationship. John Gottman has done great research and practical application over the years. He's at the University of Washington and has written several books on social and emotion
Hey There! Don: Today's topic - four things that will gut your relationship. John Gottman has done great research and practical application over the years. He's at the University of Washington and has written several books on social and emotion
Hey There! Renee: We've been thinking about this whole idea of the invitation and what Christ invites us into. Sometimes we understand what that means, but most of the time, we don't understand the fullness of what that invitation is. He invi
If there is nothing stronger in your relationship than your differences, your differences will pull you apart. But what if differences are just differences? What if they are not the strongest thing in our relationship with one another? What if
Whatever happens to us or in us most frequently creates our personal working definition of “Normal.” That seems to suggest that in some ways; Everybody is “Normal” and all of our “Normals” are different. That is why, there are some Trains we do
Some things in life and in relationships are hard. Sometimes the best things are on the other side of hard. Productive Suffering; the real costs and the real benefits.
Don: Do you remember playing Chutes and Ladders? It is a world-famous board game. It's been around since the 1500s. It was initially started in India and called Snakes and Ladders. Then it went to England, and in 1950 came to the United State