Four Huge Marriage Myths Posted: Mar 02, 2010 My wife and I didn't go to pre-marital counseling. In a time when tons of people end their marriages, that may surprise some people. We just didn't make time for it. That's our fault. Everyone thinks that people who are about to get married need a ton of advice. When there's an engaged couple in the room, every married couple is suddenly licensed in relationship counseling. Heck, half the reason I got married was to give advice to more people who didn't ask for it. Most soon-to-be's get lots of advice from many different people. There's the pre-marital stuff that tries to get the nuts and bolts of relationships. Then you get the surly, salty "advice" about how relationships "really work" from the couple who've been married for twenty years...somehow. On the wedding day, the preacher usually tries to make sure the couple knows marriages are "hard work." Then you get a bit of intoxicated sagely advice from the best man at the reception. And yet, for all the wise counsel, it is inevitable that newlyweds will still find surprises. So today, I'm busting four big marriage myths. You, or your kids, or your best friend need to hear this before walking down the aisle. Maybe we should've made counseling a priority. You decide...

I Don't Have to Be Doing This Posted: Nov 05, 2009 Have you ever left everything behind? It's probably a whole lot harder if you have a lot to leave behind. This week, school started up and at our district's convocation we got a special guest speaker. You might be familiar with H&R Block, the tax prep company. It's based in Kansas City and has 22 million customers, so they're doing all right. It was founded by two brothers, Henry and Richard Bloch. I guess they thought 'Block' was catchier than 'Bloch.'