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Ladies, Learn to Let Him Lead: Reordering God's Hierarchy

7/20/2022

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I totally want my husband to be the man of the house...as long as he does things the way I ask him to. Umm. Ok.

Ladies, we're overworked because we try to do it all. We want his help. We complain if he doesn't help and yet we want him to do everything OUR way. Does that seem right or fair? Would you want him to tell YOU how to do everything you do? Of course not.

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Lessons on Love Part 4: MANIA (When the "Love" Goes Too Far).

7/14/2022

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I tell you, the Greeks thought of it all. When they named the various love styles, they even created the ones, like mania, that go far past true love (the kind we all want) into the ones that go too far and become uncomfortable. Mania is one of those.

Mania is based on a style of eros (which is romantic, affectionate and passion based) and ludus (which is playful, fun and non-committal) and involves having a possessive style of loving. When love turns to obsession it becomes mania.

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Lessons on Love Part 3: EROS (The Kind of Love Cupid Can Get Behind)!

7/13/2022

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When people think of love, Eros is typically the love style they are envisioning. Thus, it is the easiest to write about. From the Greek word eros we get our word erotic and that makes it easy to understand that this type of love is one that is most definitely a romantic love, one that is shared between a man and a woman. Eros is the difference between saying “I love you” and “I’m in love with you!” Eros is the love that involves what marriage researcher John Gottman calls “the Love Cocktail.” I refer to it in my book The Super Couple: A Formula for Extreme Happiness in Marriage. (You should get a copy. I hear it’s really good! 😊).


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Lessons on Love Part 2: Ludus (Sometimes it Really is All about Fun and Games!)

6/18/2022

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When it came to love those Greeks sure had everything covered. This next style they differentiated was called ludus. Ludus, is a game-playing love based on low levels of commitment and seeing relationships as fun, playful and casual. Now hold on right there if you have already turned your nose up to Ludus thinking “Well, this isn’t true love then. Love is committed! Love is not all about games and fun!” I understand. I may have said the same thing before I became an “expert” on love and marriage.

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Lessons on Love Part One: PHILIA (It ain't just for lovers anymore)!

6/10/2022

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What is love? For something so important and so basic to human existence it is sorely inadequate that the English language has only one word. In the Greek language there are at least eight words to represent the different kinds of love. In this relatively new millennium where "progress" is touted as enlightenment and we perceive our world as more advanced than ever before, it's actually rather pathetic that we haven't evolved enough or advanced our language in a way that would produce a better selection of words to represent the diversity of feelings currently encapsulated in the single word "love." After all, we've had zero problem creating new words to represent all of the other innovations of modern culture in the 2020s: Selfie, Google it and sexting are just a few examples (and point to the turn towards self-gratification and instant information to boot). C'mon people! We can do better than this.

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