Marriage Anchors

Have you ever walked on a pine forest pathway on a beautiful day? Imagine with us for a minute. You are enjoying the soft, pine needles under foot and the tall, evenly space pine trees that reach upward to the brilliant blue sky. As you calmly walk down this verdant path, your eye catches something [...]

Monday mornings are often tough on me. The phone rings, the email arrives, or a text beeps. It is a message from one of the couples we are mentoring on a regular basis. It would not be as difficult if it were just one couple battling each other all weekend. Sometimes we find out additional [...]

      I remember my Dad, an imperfect but very faithful man. Married almost 61 years, a WWII Medic in the Battle of the Bulge, a Principle for 37 years. A stoic man, not much for emotions but a kind hearted man in so many ways. One day, when I was 27, he and I [...]

Written by Linda Montgomery, Military Ministry, Campus Crusade for Christ, Linda.Montgomery@MilitaryMinistry.org, http://excellentorpraiseworthy.org/ The final words of Jesus before He ascended: “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” — Matthew 28:20 Let’s admit it—there is a certain loneliness that comes with military service. Deployment brings geographic separation from loved ones. And [...]

  “I craved respect and approval …sin had its hold on me.”   Although I became a Christian at 18, I did not really get serious about the Lord until much later. As a young husband and father, my family suffered because I was carnal and double minded. I wanted to follow God but I [...]

My heart skipped a beat as a surge of adrenaline was released into my system. My husband and I had gone to a company pool party with our three, young children. I was in the living room attending to our four month old, Sarah. I walked into the kitchen to get some water and was [...]