March 2015

The Marriage Kit Module 4 – Let’s Talk . . . About Sex!

Alison: Francine & Byron have excelled in this module. Although we personally know this amazing couple, we have never yet done one of their marriage courses – until now! So we have no idea if they have always produced such thought provoking material. One of our highlights from this module was their insights on ‘Desire Discrepancy’. In most marriages there is a desire discrepancy between verbal and physical communication. The low ...

By |2021-05-14T13:21:49+10:00March 28th, 2015|LOVE & MARRIAGE|0 Comments

‘God’ Friday & the Mystery of the Second Man

One of the biggest family holidays of the year is coming up this next weekend. It is a long weekend with a purpose. Our Easter holidays start on Good Friday (originally known as God Friday), going through Saturday to Easter Sunday with an extra Monday thrown in for good measure. Yes, we will all have our fill of Easter eggs and family fun, but there is a wonderful lesson to learn. ...

By |2015-03-28T10:13:36+10:00March 28th, 2015|Dads, FAITH, MANHOOD|0 Comments

The Marriage Kit Week 3 – Talking & Learning

Alison: Here is a joke about marriage education I remembered: My wife and I went to a Marriage Workshop last week: I worked She shopped. The Marriage Kit continues to widen and deepen my long education on marriage (40 years this year!). Module 3 is all about communication but it’s titled, “Let’s Talk”. How appropriate! And how necessary is talk, at least to the affection-seeking wife. One of Module 3’s headlines ...

By |2021-05-14T13:21:49+10:00March 21st, 2015|LOVE & MARRIAGE|0 Comments

Love Actually

The joke that our photo and humour editor, Ron Hellyer, posted in the laughter section the other week sure put a smile on my face. I am equally sure that the vast majority of men who read our newsletter each week would also be able to smile and say, “I know that man”. No names will ever be mentioned of course, least of all yours or mine. To refresh your memory, ...

By |2021-05-14T13:21:49+10:00March 21st, 2015|Dads, LOVE & MARRIAGE, Other Topics|0 Comments

Marriage Kit Week 2 – Filling the Love Tank

The Marriage Kit just gets better and better. The Love Tank is getting seriously full. This type of online course really works for marriage couples because you can do it together. Love Deconstructed, the title of the second module of the Marriage Kit is full of interesting information. The interactive questions provoke some very deep and profound soul searching. The topics of the different sections are quite self explanatory: The Science ...

By |2021-05-14T13:21:49+10:00March 14th, 2015|LOVE & MARRIAGE|0 Comments

Love Grows the Brain

Steve Biddulph says, ‘love grows the brain’. Steve is right but love is one of those commodities that is in desperately short supply in the homes that many children inhabit. Currently one in three marriages fail. The rate is higher for second and third marriages. People say that kids are better off when unhappy parents divorce, but the social sciences show that the reverse is the case. If parents stick out ...

By |2021-05-14T13:21:49+10:00March 14th, 2015|Dads, LOVE & MARRIAGE|1 Comment

Investing in Love

This week Alison and I completed part one of a five week marriage called The Marriage Kit by Dr Byron & Francine Pirola . . . and you know what? It works! Every year we have always tried to find a course or a seminar to do to fortify our marriage. As Andre Maurois said, “A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day”. Alison and I believe ...

By |2021-05-14T13:21:49+10:00March 7th, 2015|Dads, LOVE & MARRIAGE|0 Comments
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