A large part of parenting is about managing weariness and motivation. Much of the success of parenting is about avoiding the sins of "omission" as well as "commission." You can feed, clothe, and house your kids and not really parent… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
When God entrusts his children to us - for they're all ultimately his - he knows what we lack, he knows where we're weak, he knows how we tend to sin, yet still he places these children in our households… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
“The mark of a spiritual man or woman is a listening heart, not a lecturing tongue.” — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
“With Christ in us and the Holy Spirit transforming us, we really have no excuse for continuing immaturity.” — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
The older I get the more I realize that a significant portion of a parent's happiness or sadness in middle-age will be directly impacted… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
Done well, marital sexuality can be a supremely healing experience. — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
“Contempt is conceived with expectations. Respect is conceived with expressions of gratitude. We can choose which one we will obsess over-expectations, or thanksgivings. That… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
If you want to be free to serve Jesus, there’s no question—stay single. Marriage takes a lot of time. But if you want to… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
“One of these early thinkers, Augustine (A.D. 354–430), suggested that there are three benefits of marriage: offspring, faith (fidelity), and sacrament. Of the three… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
“Righteousness—true holiness—is seen over time in our persistence. It is relatively easy to “flirt” with righteousness—being occasionally courteous to other drivers (if you happen… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
“This is a book that looks at how we can use the challenges, joys, struggles, and celebrations of marriage to draw closer to God… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
“He planted marriage among humans as yet another signpost pointing to his own eternal, spiritual existence.” — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
It's astonishing how quickly cultural references change. Each new generation of parents grows up with a new slate of cultural understanding, television shows, and… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
“In this chapter, we’re going to explore how these various analogies use the experience of marriage to teach us valuable truths about the nature… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
What if your husband’s faults are God’s tools to shape you? What if the very thing that most bugs you about your man constitutes… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
