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Kryptonite: When Daddy Can’t Fix It

January 7, 2015 by

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Have you ever felt helpless? Let me explain. I mean, have you ever felt helpless as a man? Let me explain further. How do you feel when something bad happens and you as the strong husband and father can’t make things better? Looking back at my time as a husband and father, the times that […]

Why “The Respected Husband?”

September 3, 2014 by

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I hope most people understand why this blog is called “The Respected Husband,” but I thought it might be good to explain it in a post. It is entirely possible that you could initially see the name of the blog and think that the blog could mean several things. It could be taken that I […]

A Husband Lives Out Christ’s Love for the Church

March 25, 2014 by

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Back a couple of years ago, a good friend of ours in the blogging community, Kayla Gulick, wrote a piece entitled My Demon. In the post, she explored all of the voices she hears in her head as a woman that try to break down her security in her relationship with her husband. I thought […]

Modern Sportsmanship

December 10, 2013 by

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This weekend, being an avid football watching junkie, I took delight in getting to watch all of the college football conference championship games on TV. With all of the best of the best teams playing, it is a great opportunity to see some of the most talented players going up against equally strong opposition. I […]

The Emotions of March Madness

March 20, 2013 by

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Let’s tackle another issue we don’t seem to fully understand about our wives: Emotions. It might be helpful if we explain what we are talking about a little more. Well, occasionally as a man you might be able to understand it through this example: Was there ever a time when you needed to really concentrate on […]

Swamp Husband

February 15, 2013 by

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“Shoot ‘im, Liz! Shoot ‘im!” One of my favorite shows on television is Swamp People on the History Channel. The show is a reality based program that follows the people that hunt alligators in Louisiana during the one month during the year that it is allowed. The practice has taken place for generations and the thrill […]

What is Unconditional Respect?

September 7, 2012 by

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For a little background, the Peacefulwife had asked me about purchasing For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn. If you know me, I am a flea market junkie and when it comes to purchasing books, Amazon is a lot like a flea market for books. So as I started studying all of the possibilities for purchasing the book, I […]

Look What My Wife Bought Me

July 2, 2012 by

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Father’s Day was a few weeks ago, and while we don’t go crazy getting each other gifts for the card holidays, my wife decided to break tradition a little bit and buy me something really special. You can see it in the picture I took above. I was totally blown away that she would make […]

The Pursuit of Reassurance

April 29, 2012 by

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Last time we looked at some of the C-A-U-S-E-S that trigger your wife to have doubt about your love for her. Today we are going to look at some ways that we can stop the downward spiral of doubt in its tracks. So far we have seen that your wife can have an emotionally painful […]

The C-A-U-S-E-S of Your Wife’s Doubt

April 28, 2012 by

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Let’s continue trying to get out of the Downward Spiral of Doubt that is created when your wife has insecurity about your love for her. In this post we are going to look at some things that Shaunti and Jeff Feldhaun found surprising when they interviewed wives in their book, “For Men Only” and look at some […]

Happy Husband Habits: Seclusion Pt 3

April 15, 2012 by

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Reasons We Don’t Take Time For Seclusion Guilt – We feel such an obligation to our families or work that we feel guilty not giving them priority over our time for seclusion. We fall for the trap that taking time for ourselves is selfish. What we really are doing is taking time to get our […]

Happy Husband Habits: Seclusion Pt 2

April 14, 2012 by

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Reasons That Jesus Went Into Seclusion Last time, we looked at finding time to get recharged by finding a place for seclusion and how Jesus often got away to talk with God. Today we are going to look at some reasons that Jesus went into seclusion and how we might be able to find similar […]

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