I don't read the Wall Street Journal much. I don't listen to news much actually, most of the time it depresses me. The way I figure it is that if I need to know something important, somebody will call or text this dummy and let me know. 

However, there is the other side. Sometimes news not only informs but inspires. Sometimes it causes me to think, reflect and makes me want to be a better person.  That's the case with an article by Peggy Noonan in the …

Need a good dose of Forgiveness? Go see October Baby in theaters this weekend during a limited release in Alabama and Mississippi. Check out the trailer or watch youtube videos about the film.

October Baby preformed as well or better than many Hollywood Blockbusters though only releasing on about 15 screens. People love…

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking,” Jobs said at a commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice."- Steve Jobs

(Steve Passed away today at age 56).

Trailer for Courageousthemovie. What a pleasure to work on this film.  This film will impact your marriage, kids, faith and your world.  This is the kind of movie that changes your life, not just your mood.

With the financial strain in marriage growing larger or deeper with each passing day in this terrible economy, its easy for spouses to resort to lying about money issues. Tempted? Think twice. Read this article.

Mitch

Got a minute? Read this one minute "battery charger" by my friend Jeff Kemp.

Sign up for these one minute day boosters. I love them.

Mitch

While living in Colorado I attended an Indian Pow-wow not far from my home, across the road, into the forest, higher up into the front range of the Rockies. It was about one mile from my home.  I really didn’t know what I was getting into as I drove higher and higher down the rocky road following sign after sign “turn here” “turn here”. But I finally arrived.

Along with the wind rushing through the Ponderosa Pines, I heard sounds that transported me back over a hundred years…

2 x 10 - Simple Words Which can Transform your Relationships

1. Think-big (look at the big picture of your relationships, it's not just about you)

2. Think-smart (think in simple terms, one step at time, small changes versus big changes)

3. Get-over (forgive and forgive again)

4. Say-yes (try to get to yes vs. no)

5. Choose-battles (count the cost, in an argument ask "Is it worth it to say what I'm about to?")

6.…

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There have been numerous times that I thought, especially the early years “this is it! There is no way I can live with this any longer”, but I did. And it’s often the little, tiny, insignificant annoyances that we allow to become mountains we cant see over. So we start looking for an exit sign. 

A…

The following facts are completely useless and have absolutely nothing to do with marriage or life in general. However, every blog needs a little lift or lightening up. Hope you enjoy these worthless facts.

Mitch

50 Things Everyone Should Know

We are all the same

No couple that I know is struggle-less. The best I know tend to have their lions share of unrelenting struggle.

Rhonda and I have wrestled with both the relational and spiritual side of our marriage through the years. It’s always intrigued me that in our 25 years of marriage we have wrestled with some of the same problems people have been struggling with for thousands of years.   I have found that many problems in my marriage and the ones…

Would love to hear your thoughts on what is the best thing(s) we can give our children today. You can get some professional's opinion anywhere, a dime a dozen. But we want to hear from you. Give us your answers. Love to hear them. 

Click here to take the poll: Whats…

One of the things I have learned about writing is that in order to write a book, you have to write. Sounds obvious, but not necessarily. The hardest part of writing really is writing. A friend of mine who encouraged me early on to write would always say, “Don’t try to do it right, just write.” “There’s…

“My dad treated my mom like dirt”… Be a cycle breaker.

“My mom and dad divorced when I was ten. My brother and his wife split after three years. My friends are all divorced”….    Be a cycle breaker

“My wife hurt me deeply. I have every right to hurt her back just a deeply.” … …

Mitch Temple:  Connecting People and Opening Paths Across the Christian Market

Every path into the Christian market winds through denominations, emphases, influencers, regions, churches, business models, mindsets, ministries, media, organizations, channels . . . and…