(An excerpt from Cultivating Love: When Secrets Surface by Dr Ken McGill) 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her … More Mercy Alleviates Suffering: Seven Principles from John 8:2–11

(An excerpt from Cultivating Love: Growing Character by Dr Ken McGill) Cultivating Love Growing Character is the fifth book in the Cultivating Love series and is actually a revised excerpt from Cultivating Love Renewal (Book 1), Cultivating Love Finishing Strong (Book 3) and Cultivating Love When Secrets Surface (Book 4). Growing Character is released as … More Cultivating Love by Growing Character

“Keynotes” are my brief comments about life and recovery and are intended to provide insight, inspiration, wisdom or humor to your day. “Feeling the Pulse” refers to our ability to be empathetic and feel the feelings of another person, whether they live in our house, work alongside us in our job or referee our child’s … More Keynotes #16: Feeling the Pulse

“Keynotes” are my brief comments about life and recovery and are intended to provide insight, inspiration, wisdom or humor to your day. This post is in reference to a scripture in the Bible, located in the Gospel of John, Chapter 8, verses 1 – 11.  If you’d like to see the passage, you could access … More Keynotes #15: Living a “Rock Free” Lifestyle

“Keynotes” are my brief comments about life and recovery and are intended to provide insight, inspiration, wisdom or humor to your day. Yesterday I had the opportunity to assist 2 people who are invested in making their marriage better. What brought them into my office is that their behavior had devolved into something that wasn’t … More Keynotes # 14: Staying inside the Problem Solving Box

“Keynotes” are my brief comments about life and recovery and are intended to provide insight, inspiration, wisdom or humor to your day. Step 10: “Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” I’ve grown to love Step 10, because it helps me to “balance the books psychologically, spiritually and behaviorally” … More Keynotes #13: My Daily Inventory

(Originally posted on July 9, 2016) “Keynotes” are my brief comments about life and recovery and are intended to provide insight, inspiration, wisdom or humor to your day. I’m reminded of what I heard from Dr. Cliff Mitchell at a conference I attended last September (2015), in Dallas, the city that I live in. Dr. … More Keynotes # 12: Your Primary Focus During Times Like These

“Keynotes” are my brief comments about life and recovery and are intended to provide insight, inspiration, wisdom or humor to your day. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, … More Keynotes #11: Relax the Strings

“Keynotes” are my brief comments about life and recovery and are intended to provide insight, inspiration, wisdom or humor to your day. I had the opportunity to hear these simple yet profound words spoken by a wife who wanted to use her energy in her marriage effectively. She recognized that pushing, pulling, controlling or manipulating her … More Keynotes #10: Partnering Against The Problem