Author: Stephen Cervantes
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Renew Your Mind
Your life mission is to run your brain consistent with spiritual and emotional truths. Your childhood is not perfect. You picked up some confused identity, shame, guilt, unworthiness,
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The Meaning of Love
When we think of love, a lot of things come to mind. But love is packed with meaning, action, and sacrifice. Stephen reminds us of what our love should be toward our spouse.
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Growing Together
Individual coping, surviving, and comfort-seeking habits are stunting our union. Please take a moment for self reflection. Look inside yourself. Ask some hard questions.
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Fear of Disappointing Others
Stephen shares some thoughts from Daniel Harkavy, founder of Building Champions on the fear of disappointing others.
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Discipleship and Sacred Fire
According to Ronald Rolheiser, there are three great struggles in life.
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In Sync?
Safe, in-sync dialogues are the pathway to oneness.
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Dark Night of the Soul
Often in very difficult times of struggle someone will say, “It’s the dark night of the soul.” Where does that statement originate?
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Restless Discontentment
I have been watching men struggle with restless discontentment my whole life. It shows up in young, middle age, and older men.
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I Give You Grace
God gave us grace. We honor God and our spouses by giving them grace.
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The Second Half of Life
“In the early years a young man wrestles with ambition, sexuality, success, performance, fears, and self-worth. In the second half of life we wrestle with God, his appointment over our life, and with how our life has gone. We wrestle with forgiveness, sadness, and disappointments.” -Mark Comer
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Come Closer
Think about how many arguments are started with one spouse saying something like, “There’s something wrong with our relationship. You don’t love me like you used to.” What that spouse is trying to say is, “I’m feeling disconnected, distressed, and detached from you. Can you come closer?”
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We are a Mess
We recognize we aren’t perfect. Let’s just love each other anyway.