Starting Over Blog

Boundaries That Encourage Respect and Intimacy

In our last blog we looked at the benefits of having and applying clear boundaries in our lives. Here are a few more boundaries that ...
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Boundaries

As a pastor over the years, especially to thousands of single adults I’ve personally seen the devastation of broken hearts that spin out of sexual ...
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Restoring and Maintaining Your Emotional Health

Due the Waldo Canyon fires and its’ impact it has been over two months since the last blog from the series ‘Relationships: Connecting the Dots. ...
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Hearing God in the Midst of Loss

It’s been almost four weeks after the containment of the Waldo Canyon fire and many of us who live here have had some time to ...
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Emotional Entanglements Between Men & Women: Part 2-The Causes

By Mark Skalberg and DiAnna Steele  Celtic knots fascinate and mystify me. No matter how long I stare at one I’m unable to figure out where it ...
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Emotional Entanglement Between Men and Women: Danger Signs

  By Mark Skalberg and DiAnna Steele, Recently at a gathering of friends our host brought out metal puzzles and challenged guests to separate the ...
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Love Beyond Illusions: The E’s of Love

By Mark Skalberg & DiAnna Steele “Love is simple but it is never easy.”  Every living human entered this world with a longing to receive ...
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Relationships:Connecting the Dots – “Love’s Illusions”

By Mark Skalberg & DiAnna Steele In 1968 Judy Collins sang, “It’s love’s illusions I recall.  I really don’t know love at all…” For most ...
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How Can You Develop Endurance?

By Mark Skalberg & DiAnna Steele Previously, we considered inevitability of waiting, challenges of waiting patiently and the necessity of endurance in waiting. Supermarkets and ...
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What Are You Waiting For?

By Mark Skalberg & DiAnna Steele Thanks for all your input about pet peeves related to waiting.  It appears one of the biggest frustrations with ...
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