by paulspeed | Apr 18, 2022 | Podcast, Uncategorized
Foundational Keys for Healthy CommunicationIn this podcast, Paul & Niki share foundational keys to healthy communication that they have practiced in their...
by paulspeed | Feb 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Three Pitfalls Every Dad Should Avoid – Part 3 Three Pitfalls Every Dad Should Avoid: (Part 3) How To Talk to Your Kids About Sexuality (Click here to read Part 1 and Part 2.) Talking about sexuality with our kids can be very challenging. For this blog, I’m not...
by paulspeed | Dec 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens What better way to “honor Christmas” than to play Christmas music year round? OCD… Yes! I have it, and I am proud of it. Obsessive Christmas...
by paulspeed | Nov 9, 2015 | Freedom, Love, Shame, Truth, Uncategorized
In a recent blog I was sharing some advice I would give to a new father. Three things came to mind and as I thought about it, I realized I would give this advice to any father. I combined the first two pieces in the first blog, but have held the third until now. It is...
by paulspeed | Jul 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Before accountability can happen, there must be openness. We need to understand each other’s weaknesses and vulnerable areas. This involves confessing all hidden sins to our wives and having a broken heart that desires change. Then we must humble ourselves and...
by paulspeed | Feb 6, 2014 | Marriage, Repentance, Responsibility, Uncategorized
Go Ye Therefore… Before Jenny and I married in 1988, we spent several years as missionaries with Youth With A Mission. Our wedding had a missionary theme with “Go you therefore into all the world…” on the cake decorated as the world, and an open Bible and...
by paulspeed | Jun 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
November 18, 2012 started out like any other day. It was a Sunday morning, so we loaded the girls in the van and drove to our church. The boys were not with us because they were attending a weekend retreat. After church, we had lunch, made a few counseling calls, and...
by paulspeed | May 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Freedom From Bondage Growing up, I had the typical “Leave It to Beaver” family. Mom stayed at home and made sure dinner was on the table at 5:30 when Dad walked through the door. I had one brother, one sister, and everything I could ask for—loving parents, a warm...
by paulspeed | Nov 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
For a married couple to resolve current conflicts, they must first clean up the past. Many times our current conflicts are tied to things in the past that were never resolved. In this series on marriage, I will cover different steps that should be considered...
by paulspeed | Nov 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
From the beginning of our family’s journey to moral freedom, we realized that we were not each other’s enemy, but that instead, our enemy was Satan and he was seeking to destroy us. One night when I was feeling very defeated about my failures, Jenny reminded me,...
