Tag Archives: relationships

The preeminence of love and understanding

Posted on September 15, 2017 by jwfisch

Love understands. Part of loving someone is to attempt to understand them. If someone who is opposed to Christianity for whatever reason determines that you are seeking to understand them for no other reason than to know them better, they … Continue reading →

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Close to you

Posted on August 31, 2017 by jwfisch

Remember this one by the Carpenters? It should be a theme song for Christians as a reminder of what we want to do with people….celebrate their uniqueness and get close to them. Someone asked what to do with an atheist friend … Continue reading →

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Expecting the best

Posted on August 14, 2017 by jwfisch

I overheard someone ask a friend of mine if there were any secrets to her 60-plus years of marriage. She replied with two things: Give your partner the benefit of the doubt, and never say “You always…” Both of these … Continue reading →

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Relationship Therapy

Posted on August 11, 2017 by jwfisch

This week I’ve been trying to capture for everyone the unique experience Marti and I had this last weekend meeting over four days with a very daring couple who flew to southern California for the purpose of healing their relationship … Continue reading →

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’Til death do us part

Posted on August 10, 2017 by jwfisch

Trust is the foundation of any relationship. It is built by making and keeping promises. These promises are not the big things we say but all of the little things we do that keep the promises we made. Therefore, making … Continue reading →

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Everybody loves a wedding

Posted on August 9, 2017 by jwfisch

Everybody loves a wedding. You see a bride and a groom or a wedding party filing out of a church or a hotel, or you see a car decorated “Just Married” and you immediately stop what you are doing and … Continue reading →

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Returning to the wife of your youth

Posted on August 7, 2017 by jwfisch

Here is another thing you do. You cover the Lord’s altar with tears, weeping and groaning because He pays no attention to your offerings and doesn’t accept them with pleasure. You cry out, “Why doesn’t the Lord accept my worship?” … Continue reading →

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LIFE SHORT / CALL NOW

Posted on July 18, 2017 by jwfisch

“Life Short Call Now” is a song by Bruce Cockburn. It’s also a pretty good idea. Years ago we talked about this — about calling someone you love just to call. No favor. No agenda. Just a call. Because you … Continue reading →

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Date Night

Posted on July 7, 2017 by jwfisch

In the last two days, I have experienced, twice, the benefits of my wife’s good advice. Wednesday night we discovered what it’s like to send the old man out the back door in order to welcome the new one in … Continue reading →

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Out the back door; in the front

Posted on July 6, 2017 by jwfisch

Last night I walked out the back door of my house and came in the front door a different man, thanks to the generosity and faith of my wife and Grace Turned Outward. Here at the Catch, we talk a … Continue reading →

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