Murray and Carol's adult 'kids' in 2008

As you prepare for, or build, your own marriage and family heritage, please consider these reflections on:

Sharing Candidly and Deeply - becoming deeper friends - as singles, dating couples, after marriage, parents with children and outside the family - grows as we learn the art of asking good questions ...

 

Dating:

• basic perspectives which will serve you well ...

• reasons for abstinence before marriage ... (outside link)

• how long should marriage be postponed ...? (outside link)

• why marry? Consider some of the benefits of marriage

Marriage: "First you choose your love, then you love your choice." - Puritan proverb

"Let the wife make her husband glad to come home, and let him make her  sorry to see him leave." - Martin Luther

Please consider a simple secret, an honest book, a tip for conflict resolution and more ... here

Parenting: After marriage, parenting challenges innate human selfishness most profoundly and in parenting we have opportunity both to mature and to give the gift of preparation for a meaningful and satisfying life to our children. There are of course many complex elements to effective parenting but let me share some of the most foundational:

 

Finances - how do we relieve the stress and make finances work for us?

Divorce? There's a better way...

Aging - avoiding the pitfalls...