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Marriage Insight: Your Differences Can Help You Navigate High Stress Change

September 14, 2015
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. You hear about it all the time: a married couple is torn apart when taking on a new responsibility like buying a home … increased obligations at work … a long-term house guest … aging parents …the birth of a child ……

Marriage Insight: How Differences Can Make a Strong Marriage Stronger

September 8, 2015
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. Zeke and his wife had a problem. They desperately wanted a child. But Liz was infertile and the couple had no access to specialized infertility care. Zeke and Liz had done all the right things. They had taken care of themselves. They…

Love & Money: Audio Interview with Rodney Cox and Don Blanton

September 1, 2015
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Rodney Cox and Don Blanton explain how love and money intersect in marriage — and how couples can blend their strengths to build a strong marriage — in this 30-minute interview with wealth managers and radio personalities Terry and Deborah Owens on their NPR show, “Love and Money.” Rodney and Don explain how their book,…

Is Attending an Equipping Conference for You?

May 28, 2015
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What if you and those around you were able to discover a way to thrive, rather than simply survive? That is the principle behind the Ministry Insights Equipping Conference. This powerful hands-on live event, unique to the growing strengths movement, has inspired hundreds of leaders to embrace differences and build strong teams, marriages, and families.…

Insight: Changing Your Heart Means Giving God Access

March 16, 2015
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. The Law of Differences holds that there are just two paths you can take as you observe others’ differences. You can judge another’s individual differences (you see another’s differences as weaknesses) You can value another’s individual differences (you see another’s differences as…

Financial Advisor Uses Universal Message to Build Marriages

February 26, 2015
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How Love & Money Helps Couples Work Together In 1986 while at a professional conference, financial advisor Don Blanton heard a presentation that changed the way he worked with clients. The lecture, a precursor to the Leading From Your Strengths profiles, outlined four personality types and their strengths. The descriptions intrigued Don, who was eager…

Love & Money, Part 2: Know the Truth About Money

January 23, 2015
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Part 2 of two articles which address the most widespread conflicts in marriage Two factors impact marriages more than anything else: how you and your spouse understand Love (communication) and Money (finances). In a marriage, these two elements can complement one another … or compete with each other. Some conflict in marriage is inevitable. But…