I’m a big fan of John Gottman. Watch this video introduction to his book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Find out what the Love Lab is and how Gottman can predict if a couple will divorce with a 91% accuracy rate. Conflict resolution and good listening skills are not enough!

You can get Gottman’s book at Amazon at this link:
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert
Here’s another book to “enhance your love map”
1001 Questions to Ask Before You Get Married

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I put this video together some time ago for a funny look at falling in love. Hope you are amused but of course there is a point. Falling in love is the easy part - staying in love takes some effort.

Falling in Love, marriage preparation, premarital preparation, expectations in marriage

I didn’t plan on learning a lot about weddings, but after performing many as a minister, I’ve seen just about everything. Here are five tips for you from my experience with weddings.

One, realize that something won’t go just right. Fortunately, it usually isn’t too big a deal. People sometimes ask me what disasters I’ve seen at weddings and I have to really try to think of something. It’s just little things that really don’t ruin the event.

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You can create your own personal wedding website for free. Watch the video below to find out how, or click the link below the video to go directly to ewedding. ewedding is the personal wedding website service that is mentioned in the book Bridal Bargains.

Create Free eWedding Personal Wedding Website

The Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox are set for this year’s World Series. Reminded me of something I read not long ago that suggests that baseball is good for marriage. Watch the video below to find out why.

Are the Colorado Rockies Good for Marriage?
Baseball and Marriage

Marriage preparation - video introduction by author Ralph Griggs, MTh.

Learn about this online free marriage preparation course, how to use it and how it can enrich your marriage.

Marriage preparation

The old Hee Haw joke was, “I broke my arm in three places” and the friend answers “Then stay out of those places!”

When it comes to marriage you want to stay away from those places that hurt your marriage. One of those “places” is where at least one person in the marriage is a workaholic. The divorce rate is actually twice as high for this couple than other couples (1999 study at University of North Carolina at Charlotte).

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