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In A Man’s World…

September 19, 2012 in Adultery, Childhood, Friends, Leading and Loving It, Life Experience, Marriage, Ministry, Second Chances with 9 Comments

I don’t know about you… but finding healthy and deep relationships within my same gender has always been difficult.

The truth is I’ve been hurt and I’m afraid of being hurt again. This used to make me run the other directions… but a lot has changed. Running is no longer an option for me.

I posted on the Leading and Loving It site today. Here’s my post:

In my childhood and adolescence, I found myself left out by girls often. I’m sure it was a mixture of being snubbed by the “mean girls” and me just being plain ol’ awkward… I guess it doesn’t really matter the reason… because the truth is I found it much easier to befriend boys.

As I matured, this didn’t change.

Like many of you, it was clear that God called me into ministry… MUSIC ministry, to be exact. A ministry that required one with my outgoing and entertaining (or obnoxious… whatever) personality to be up front. A ministry that was and is still to this day, 85% male led.

Think about it. Your sound guy… your tech team… your drummer… your bass player… your guitarist… your other guitarist… ALL MEN!

I LIVE in a man’s world…

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Equipping Marriages

March 21, 2012 in Adultery, Faith, Forgiveness, Leading and Loving It, Life Experience, Marriage, Ministry with 1 Comment

Infidelity is widespread in our culture; 44% of men and 25% of women have admitted to extramarital affairs. More than half of these numbers are happening within the church family. With the secretive design of affairs, can you imagine what the numbers actually are.

I am in this statistic. I am in the growing 25%. I wish with everything I am that I wasn’t.

But here’s the thing. You don’t have to have had an affair or be on the brink of one to feel alone in a flailing marriage.

Maybe you just feel disconnected to your husband.
Maybe you wonder what happened to that “spark”.
Maybe you fight more than you love.
Maybe you simply feel alone in your union.

You’re not alone. We’re talking about it. Well… Cindy’s talking about it and Trish, Lori, Brandi & I will be answering your questions in the chat room. Cindy is one funny chica… I’m serious. Just that alone is worth your time.

Leading and Loving It has made marital health a priority. We are providing a free LIVE webinar on Tuesday, April 10th 9:00pm EST 8:00pm CST. Mark your calendars now. You can read more about it by CLICKING HERE.

Again, it’s a free resource to everyone, but if you REGISTER ONLINE, you’ll get a reminder email (which will come in quite handy when life happens, as we all know it does).

I hope you can make it. Let us journey with you. We’d love your feedback, questions, thoughts, input… all of it.

Are you in?