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  • DIVORCE- PROOF YOUR MARRIAGE Seven Ways to Make Your Wife Your Best Friend

    by Jim Ramos
    This morning I saw a selfie and post from a beautiful gal who was in my youth group two decades ago. The overwhelming sadness in her eyes compelled me to stop scrolling and read. Her post was her divorce announcement. By the undertones of her words, I almost audibly pondered, “I wonder what he did?”
    Posted in Divorce, marriage, Sex

  • 5 Wise Tips for the Smart Stepdad - How to Become a Better Stepdad

    by Jim Ramos
    In the United States 50% of children will have a stepparent at some point in their lifetime, and 90% of children in step-families live with their mom and stepdad. Forty percent of children from divorce will not see their dad for an entire year, which places an added burden on stepdads.
              Stepchildren who have good relationships with both their stepfather and their nonresident biological father have better outcomes than children who have good relationships with just their father...
    Posted in Blended Families, Interview, Marriage, Parenting, Podcast, Step-Parenting

  • Best Advice for a Successful Marriage - From a Couple Married for Half A Century

    by Jim Ramos

    I spoke at a conference with a man who shocked me when he confessed to being a “serial adulterer” who recently repented, remarried, and was there to tell me how to make marriage work. Huh?
              Another time I overheard one man telling an intently listening group of other men, “I just told my third wife that my kids were more important than her and if she didn’t like it, she could leave.”
              That advice was shut down quick. 
    Are these two men who you want to give you marriage advice? I hope not. Do you want the best advice for marriage?...

    Posted in Interview, Marriage, Podcast

  • What is the Purpose of Sex? - Three (or Four) Reasons God Made Sex

    by Jim Ramos
    I grew up in a broken home but saw my Dad daily since he was a teacher at my high school. I distinctly remember the day my dad discovered I was dating a girl of a certain reputation and literally followed my bus home so he could convince me to break up with her!
              I didn’t. I should have...
    Posted in Interview, Lust, Marriage, Podcast, Sex

  • Will Grief Ever Go Away? - Death, Loss, and Divorce Insights from an Average Joe

    by Jim Ramos
    As a pastor for decades, I have horror stories of things people say to those suffering grief. A high school gal in my youth group was grieving the suicide of her Christian mother when a woman from church approached her at the funeral and said...
    Posted in Average Joe, Death, Divorce, Grief, Interview, Marriage, Podcast