All Families Have Problems! When we were younger, it would have been tremendously encouraging to have an older couple tell us, "You know, in the past, we used to have a lot of problems.  We fought and argued when we were first married, but God worked things out for us and now we're very happy!"  It would have been an encouragement for us to realize a certain amount of strife was normal.  We simply needed to trust God would work everything out in time.  It's very common for Christians to hide their failures and share only their successes! At first, Sallie and I were surprised how frequently we experienced conflict.  We thought we were the only ones having marital problems until we discovered how many Christian couples hide an unhappy marriage beneath happy "go to church faces.".

If you've been spared the conflict we've experienced and would just like to make your "good" marriage even better, we rejoice with you!  We hope you’ll find resources at our web site to keep your marriage growing stronger each day. Marriage is designed to transform and strengthen both husband and wife. One of the main reasons for marriage is to pass the torch of faith from one generation to the next. A vibrant, strong, and spiritually growing marriage relationship is essential to lead your children to a living faith.

Despite our rocky beginning, God blessed our home. We are quite happy today. While we never considered ours a "model home," more than once our friends and acquaintances offered to swap their children for ours.  We're sure most of them were joking, but a few of them sounded like they hoped we would trade!  Ruth and Tim weren’t perfect, but we were blessed to skip the experience of rebellious and unmanageable children. For us, parenting has been a sweet experience with no regrets.

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