Posts belonging to Category 'Marriage'
August 1, 2010 | Posted by drrick
The subject line says it all. I have noticed that many people have attended marriage therapy, educational marriages classes that teach information regarding marriage, watch DVDs on relationships, read self-help books, etc. and yet marriages tend to keep falling apart. And, many people have attended marriage intensives that have a therapy focus, yet [...]
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Tags: crisis marriages, divorce prevention, healing, HOPE Weekends, love, Marriage, marriage for life, relationship skills, Richard Marks, Rick Marks | 
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June 19, 2010 | Posted by drrick
I am sitting here in Wesson, MS this morning. Day Two of our Marriage of Our Dreams seminar continues. Yet I wanted to take this time to reflect
This past week the Southern Baptist Convention voted on a resolution which is simply a statement that they want to stop the increasing divorces in their [...]
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June 6, 2010 | Posted by drrick
Ok, now this post will be a bit different. It is not necessarily focused on marriage and family, but the larger issue of a spirit of separation and disconnection rather than a spirit of unity. I am becoming more keenly aware of the spirit of separation that is taking place with the Church [...]
Categories: Marriage | Tags: anger, connection, oneness, resentment, separation, unity | No Comments »
April 22, 2010 | Posted by drrick
These past few weeks I have encountered many ministers who are in serious marital distress. It appears that these marriages have been in slow decline for years. It is only now that their issues have gone public and now it appears there is little to help them. We had one minister who informed his wife [...]
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April 9, 2010 | Posted by drrick
I am up here in the beautiful North Woods of northern Wisconsin at one of the most beautiful and peaceful places I know: Fort Wilderness. This year round Christian camp has been a blessing to families since the mid 90s. And to my amazement, this place has also been the meeting spot for [...]
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February 23, 2010 | Posted by drrick
This week Louella and I celebrate 26 years of togetherness. I would like to say that we have had a strong sense of USness the enture time. Sadly this is not true. There have been times US left the house because of unresolved hurts, disappointments, resentments and anger. I am glad [...]
Categories: Marriage | Tags: anger, anniversary, disappointment, Louella, Richard Marks, Rick Marks, US, Usness | No Comments »
February 2, 2010 | Posted by drrick
Hijacking the Brain — How Pornography Works
Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 at 1:26 pm ET
We are fast becoming the pornographic society. Over the course of the last decade, explicitly sexual images have crept into advertising, marketing, and virtually every niche of American life. This ambient pornography is now almost everywhere, from the local shopping [...]
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January 10, 2010 | Posted by drrick
I was thinking back about when I met Louella. Well, I did not actually meet her…I saw her…from a distance. I was on active duty in the US Navy (A great decision for my life I might add) in 1981 and was attending a Tuesday night church function and I saw her. [...]
Categories: Marriage | Tags: Louella, love, Marriage, passion, romance | 1 Comment »
December 25, 2009 | Posted by drrick
On this Christmas day, and at the risk of being judged unspiritual by some, I still want to share what has been pondering in my heart the past couple of days. I even made a comment about it on my Facebook page. It is about a single word, that when I hear it, I relax, [...]
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December 16, 2009 | Posted by drrick
The holidays are times when we focus on family, friends, and our most intimate relationships. We take extra time thinking about them, spending time with them, and showing expressions of love. This is a great time of year and one that is rooted in the theme of love: God coming to our world [...]
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