The Generous Husband Daily Rant Paul H. Byerly

The elder who did communion at our church last Sunday said something very interesting. He said communion is a practice, not a ritual. A ritual, he explained, is something done to try to influence God. A practice, he said, it’s something we do because...

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It’s been awhile since I’ve mentioned Sabbath. If you’ve missed it, after playing with the idea for years, a decade ago Lori and I started making Wednesday our Sabbath. It’s a day of rest for our bodies and our minds. It’s a day to...

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It’s been almost twelve weeks since Valentine’s Day. Have you given your wife a gift since then? And if her birthday or your anniversary were in there, did you give her a gift for any other reason? Tuesday is a great reason to give...

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I warned you recently about the problems that can come from putting your marriage into autopilot mode. But what about doing sex on autopilot? It’s easy to slip into sex autopilot. You find something that works, and you stick with it. The more trouble...

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In her book The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want (Kindle), Sonja Lyubomirsky mentions a study done by Pennsylvania State University. A group of students was told to hug at least five times a day for four weeks, and...

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I’ve talked about busyness a good deal here, with some of it being a confession. And apparently plenty of you worry about this; my post “The Sin of Busyness” was the fifth most read post the year I wrote it. I’ve talked about how...

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