Robert & Kay Camenisch encouraging and equipping relationships

God makes it clear that He does not want any expression of anger left in our lives. He wants it all gone, all put away. In Ephesians 4:31, He tells us, “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.” We are to be…

We judge every day. Judgment is automatic and unavoidable, even necessary. It can also be toxic, causing deep pain, leading to out-of-control anger, and destroying relationships. The only way to avoid the evil-for-evil cycles of judgment and maintain harmony in your relationships by learning from the Bible how to distinguish between judgment that is good…

I was talking with a friend about being angry at family members and she said, “Ninety-nine percent of the time, I get angry because I’m not getting what I want. It’s my selfishness.” Wow! What an admission. I’m afraid she’s right, because I’ve found the same it true for me. I’m not proud of the…

A gift in the mail torpedoed me. I didn’t want it. I didn’t care what it was, and I didn’t want to open it. I would have just left it, but Robert opened it for me. He also read the plaque to me, “In Recognition For Your Commitment To . . .” I had been…

A friend posted on Facebook that her husband asked their young children what Bible character they’d like to be. Aria said she’d like to be Mary. That isn’t surprising since we just focused on Mary during Christmas. Three-year-old Hailey said she’d “like to be God.” Aria immediately responded, “Haley would be in my tummy!” Big…

Stories about anger abound. According to the news, people are angry about unemployment, the end of extended unemployment payments, at the economy in general, at their political representatives, at frustrations in health care coverage, at constraints on teachers, at the minimum pay scale, at the treatment of immigrants, and the list goes on. That doesn’t…

What are your goals in 2014? Do you make New Year’s resolutions to help you achieve those goals? I confess that I haven’t made many New Year’s resolutions over the years, but this year I’m challenged to set goals. New Year’s resolutions generally focus around health (i.e. diet, exercise, quit smoking, and such), finances (i.e.…

T’is the season to celebrate the Son of God, who came to earth as a human. The King of kings humbled Himself for you and me. As we celebrate the birth of a King, I’m impacted with the example of humility that He set for us. If the Mighty God can become a helpless human…