Are you living the dream?

Do you have plans? Is your future mapped out? Perhaps you’re a cynic decrying those with their 5- and 10-year plans? I was. Sure, I had dreams. Things I’d like to do. Maybe. Some day. Possibly… Ten years later they were still no closer to happening. I needed to change.…

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A really short interview with Norman Barnes

One great thing about life is that many people have “already done it” and have experience we can learn from. In this series I’ve asked people about key lessons they’ve learned being married. I hope it helps you have an even better marriage. A really short interview with Norman Barnes…

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Do you speak English?!

We’ve all been there. Slightly aghast at what has happened you wonder, “Am I speaking a foreign language?” No matter how clearly you think you’ve expressed yourself, how carefully you clarify the points of possible confusion and reiterated your key instructions, you can almost guarantee there will still be misunderstanding.…

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A really short interview with Andrew Parfitt

One great thing about life is that many people have “already done it” and have experience we can learn from. In this series I’ve asked people about key lessons they’ve learned being married. I hope it helps you have an even better marriage. A really short interview with Andrew Parfitt…

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Get out of your private prison – Forgive

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When someone says, “I’m sorry” how do you respond? Often, feeling uncomfortable, we may brush it aside with a swift, “It’s OK” and move on to easier conversation. But was it really “OK”? Was their contrition worthless? Were you not really hurt or upset? Did they not require your pardon?…

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So you’ve had a bust-up… what now?

A New Year’s resolution so quickly broken. In spite of your best endeavours, it happened again. You said there would be no arguments this year; you were doing well, until… It can be tempting to feel sorry for yourself, as though you’re the one that’s hard done by. But wait!…

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Happy Christmas!

It hardly seems possible that we are already standing at the dawn of a new year. The Goodchild household has seen lots of changes over the past year and I am sure that, like us, your 2014 has been a mixture of joys and heartaches, of triumphs and failures. This…

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Christmas – Love, Joy, Peace and STRESS!

I love Christmas, a time of celebration, joy and hope. It reminds us there is a narrative greater than the world’s ills; God has come to earth to initiate a rescue, to bring hope to those who are hopeless, to restore relationships, to reunite His family… so why the STRESS?!…

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