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Everything I Know About Women New Man's resident comedy writer explains chick flicks, shopping, menopause and childbirth. Be afraid ... be very afraid. After years of exhaustive research, scientists have recently concluded that, due to a bunch of complicated factors involving X and Y chromosomes, men and women have completely different genders. The full story was published in the medical journal called Duh! I, for one, am tired of these periodic taxpayer-funded "studies" that "discover" glaringly obvious facts. I don't need researchers to tell me that women think differently than men ... or that a dozen Winchell's donuts does not constitute a balanced breakfast (unless you have an even mix of chocolate and maple). In an effort to provide readers with some truly useful information, with no public funding involved, I hereby submit to you my own findings based on 23 years of empirical research involving my wife. Don't Just Send Me Flowers! If you want to honor the women in your life, put away your checkbook. What they want, money can't buy.
As a woman, what I want most from the men in my life isn't flowers, or candy or other gifts.
Don't get me wrong, these gestures are appreciated. But gifts by themselves are not a replacement for intimacy--the emotional closeness that sets the stage for relationship.
I would rather have a phone call or personal visit from my son than flowers. I feel honored when he shares his problems and the things that weigh heavily on his mind. When he tells me the plans and dreams he has for himself and his family, I feel a part of his life, even though I am thousands of miles away.
When Penthouse Came To My Home 'I opened the door and saw the magazines...Lord, please help me not to overreact.'
My wife, Lynne, gave me that look and suggested that I go upstairs and check on our youngest son, Casey. A couple of his friends had stopped by the house that rainy Saturday afternoon and the three of them managed to skirt upstairs to Casey's bedroom.
Lynne and I were preoccupied with other household chores when we realized that we hadn't seen them for 30 minutes or so.
I slipped up the stairs to see what Casey and his buddies were up to. It was just too quiet.
Sure enough, as I reached the top of the stairs, I noticed that Casey's bedroom door was shut—not a good sign. I quietly went to open the door to his bedroom, only to discover that the door was locked. Now, all sorts of alarms were going off inside me. My kids are supposed to know better than to lock their doors, I thought.
Everything I Know About Women New Man's resident comedy writer explains chick flicks, shopping, menopause and childbirth. Be afraid ... be very afraid. After years of exhaustive research, scientists have recently concluded that, due to a bunch of complicated factors involving X and Y chromosomes, men and women have completely different genders. The full story was published in the medical journal called Duh! I, for one, am tired of these periodic taxpayer-funded "studies" that "discover" glaringly obvious facts. I don't need researchers to tell me that women think differently than men ... or that a dozen Winchell's donuts does not constitute a balanced breakfast (unless you have an even mix of chocolate and maple). In an effort to provide readers with some truly useful information, with no public funding involved, I hereby submit to you my own findings based on 23 years of empirical research involving my wife. America's Family Man How Family Circus creator Bil Keane is quietly waving a banner for Christian faith. In 1960, a cartoonist named Bil Keane put pen to paper and began inking the comic panel we know today as The Family Circus. Nineteen newspapers originally signed on to carry the fledgling panel, which chronicled the funny, unexpected and often touching vignettes that are common to every family experience. More than 45 years later, an excess of 1,500 newspapers, boasting a collective readership of more than 188 million worldwide now carry The Family Circus, making it the most widely read cartoon panel on the planet. A Woman's Worth One of the greatest stories of marital sacrifice and fidelity I've ever heard is the true story of Robertson McQuilkin and his wife, Muriel. McQuilkin is a brilliant man and an inspiring Christian well known as a teacher and an expert on world evangelism. For 12 years, he started churches in Japan as a missionary, and for 22 more he served as seminary president at Columbia International University (formerly Columbia Bible College and Seminary) in Columbia, South Carolina. Surviving Mid-Wife Crisis Before you judge your wife for letting herself go, take a good look at the man in the mirror. Sometimes it's physical--wrinkles and sagging body parts. Other times a raging boredom sets in. Sometimes it's a career that goes awry. Sometimes it's just a simple unhappiness with the way your life is turning out. A man looks at his wife one morning and thinks, Maybe I should trade in my 40 for two 20s. Forty percent of first marriages eventually end in divorce. Will yours? Many of these dissolutions take place during midlife. Practically speaking, divorce is never over, and most divorced people wish they had worked harder to make their marriages work. Be the Man in Ro-man-tic For the average married man, Valentine's Day and his wedding anniversary day are events to be survived rather than celebrated. While the romantic calendar events give men the opportunity to emerge smelling like roses, too often they end up stinking up the joint with lame presents, carelessly planned dinner dates or by forgetting the day altogether. An Endangered Species? Recently, I received a discouraging e-mail from a pastoral friend of mine who is counseling several families in his church. "In three of these families, the husband just packed up and left," my friend writes. "Pray that we can provide comfort and be a conduit for God's grace and mercy for these families, all of which include young children." The Father-Daughter Bond: Unbreakable In his book, Starved for Affection (Tyndale), Dr. Randy Carlson lists four things that dads do for their daughters: 1. We set them up for success or failure in adult relationships. A girl's first and most important view of men comes from her father. A father who is lovingly supportive, affectionate and encouraging is likely to raise a confident daughter who will choose the right kind of man, if she chooses to marry. When a father is critical, abusive, distant or absent, his daughter is more likely to go through life looking for affection in all the wrong places. The Marriage Covenant In order to obtain a driver's license in our country, you must pass a driving test. Yet, when it comes to marriage, it is amazing that there is no mandatory preparation. In the past, social custom dictated that relationships develop incrementally. But eroding family values and the sexual revolution have sped up the process. Healing 'Father Wounds' The muscular young man poured out his soul to me as I sat listening intently. The frustrations and hurts cascaded out of his heart as tears streamed down his face. Through the years, I have listened to the hearts of hundreds of hurting men like him. The painful refrain is usually about what they wish their dads had said to them. Now they may not phrase it this way, but it's obvious that they are struggling with a deep "father wound." The Question Every Woman Asks ...And Why Men Will Never Have the Answer. Let me just tell you right from the beginning, I know that you've tried. And you know that you've tried. Lord knows that you have scratched your head in wonder and profound confusion when it comes to the woman that you love. You've tried to hear and understand. You want to give and respond. Daddy-Daughter Date Night How you can use daddy-daughter date nights to 'jerk-proof' your little girl. Fathers often live in mortal fear that their precious little girl will some day date, and perhaps even marry, a real loser. Is there any way to minimize the possibility of unwanted suitors darkening your doorway? Teenage Boys...Shaping The Man Inside These six principles will put you back in the driver's seat with your son. The Rev. Eugene F. Rivers III of Azusa Christian Community Church in Boston has never forgotten the advice he once got from a drug kingpin. Rivers wanted to spearhead an effort to clean up his community and help kids whose lives were being ruined by drug addiction, gang violence and joblessness. Control Freaks, and the Women Who Love Them In telling women to obey their husbands in everything, have we created an environment that encourages abuse? The church has, unknowingly, created an environment that encourages abuse. We cite familiar Bible passages demanding that wives submit to their husbands without providing any explanation of what submission means in a practical sense, and without outlining what these same biblical passages demand of husbands. Our counseling has been illogical and irresponsible. The War on Boys Raised in a culture that says there are no absolutes, many young men feel a sadness and disconnection they cannot even name. As parents, what can we do to help? Our sons are confused by society's mixed messages about what's expected of them as boys and of what it means to be a man. Their sisters receive encouragement and are taught to be nurturing and sensitive to the needs of others, while boys are discouraged from expressing vulnerable and tender emotions. Instead, they receive training in logical thinking, problem-solving, risk-taking, assertion, competition and aggression. For Better, and for Worse Pornography. Infidelity. Abuse. How can couples deal with the secret shame of the past and build a new future? Into every marriage will come sin. For many of us, it will be sexual sin. It is inevitable; we are sinful creatures. Some of us will bring sins from the past into our new union, sins committed by us or sins done to us. Not only do these sins--past, present and future--determine our ability to be intimate with one another, but the very survival of our marriage rests on how well we overcome these sins. Handle With Care Pride and joy overwhelmed Canadian songwriter Brian Doerksen as he cradled his newborn boy, Benjamin. This was his third child, a son following two preschool-age daughters. Toxic Tweaking: The Marriage Killer Looking to turn your marriage around? Stop trying to nit pick your spouse to perfection!
Steve is the kind of guy you love to hate. He always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
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