Click Here for a PDF file of the Morthland College Spring 2012 Community Education Courses Taught by Dr. Randy Carney

(If your computer hangs up after clicking the pdf link above, just erase the words after “the-loving-way.com” in the address bar and refresh the page.)

This is information about three community education courses that will be taught at Morthland College in March and May. Two of them are about book publishing, which is slightly off-topic for this website. Still, some of you, or someone you know, might be interested. The third one is the One-Day Couples-Enrichment Seminar. You can also find out about it in the post right below this one.

Here is some from the Morthland brochure:

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Community Education Page Two Top

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Community Education Page Three

Community Education Page Four

Community Education Page Five

Community Education Page Six

Though it is not mentioned in this brochure, we have a special treat in that Rhonda will be joining me in presenting the couples-enrichment seminar.

It would be my great privilege to be with you during any or all of these courses.

Please pass the word along.

It would be great to meet you.

As usual, we plan to have a fun time as we look at some serious topics.

Please register quickly as the room may fill up soon. It it will be necessary to get a larger one, we will need to know in advance.

Click here to see what others have said about similar events.

If you would like to book Randy (and occasionally Rhonda) for a couples-enrichment seminar at your church or organization, click on the Request Randy page and fill out the form. If you would prefer, you may email Randy at rcarneysurvey@yahoo.com, and you may also leave a voice mail at our Magic Jack phone number: (217) 960-0432.

When you email, it helps if you put the word, “speaking” in the subject line.

If you know someone who would be interested in the seminar at Morthland, please pass the word along. (You can also find out more about Morthland College at www.morthland.org.)

Dr. Dobson has helped many people through the years, and one of his books is mentioned on this website. Focus on the Family has provided wonderful resources over the years. Family Talk is the name of the new radio program where Dr. Dobson is now located. It continues to provide help for families in the same way that Dr. Dobson has done through previous years.

So, now there are two ministries that provide great help for families. The focus of this post, however, is to alert people to the fact that they are not finding Dr. Dobson by going to the Focus on the Family website or by listening to radio programs by that name.

If you want to connect with Dr. Dobson, make sure you connect with Family Talk.

Actually, I think they have already taken steps to correct this. If you want to find a website for Family Talk, you will actually find it under Dr. Dobson’s name at http://www.drjamesdobson.org/.

Anyway, if you want to find Dr. James Dobson’s present ministry, make sure you are finding Family Talk

In addition to that, Jack has written The Success Principles: Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be! It

Jack Canfield and The Success Principles

looks to be a powerful book filled with 64 success principles.

This website is about successful marriage, so of course I am interested in success principles, especially as to how they can be applied to marriage.

Here are some intriguing benefits that can be received by applying the principles in Mr. Canfield’s book:

• How to change the outcome of any event, simply by changing your response to it
• How to complete past projects, heal past relationships and process old hurts, so you can embrace the future
• How to say “no” to the good, so you’ll have room in your life to say “yes” to the great
• Why you should drop out of the “Ain’t It Awful” Club and instead surround yourself with success, positive and nurturing people.

I noticed how those four principles could benefit any marriage.

“How to change the outcome of any event, simply by changing your response to it” is something I would like to look into from his perspective. In our marriage seminars, we talk about how to break a “crazy cycle”, in part using some ideas from Emerson Eggerichs.

“How to complete past projects, heal past relationships and process old hurts, so you can embrace the future” is another important principle. in the book, The LOVING Way to a Successful Marriage: Six Keys to Marital Bliss, I talk

The LOVING Way to a Successful Marriage

about the importance of the principle of “leaving” in which I talk about the importance of leaving behind past relationships and getting rid of “baggage” we bring with us into the marriage relationship.

“How to say ‘no’ to the good, so you’ll have room in your life to say ‘yes’ to the great” is a great principle. I have often said that the “good” is often the worst enemy of the “best.” It is easy to see that it is a good choice to choose the good over the bad; however, it is often less easy to see that we miss out on the best when simply settle for the good. We want to have marriages that thrive instead of those that just survive.

Speaking of choosing the best, one of the most popular and entertaining sessions of our marriage seminars is “Don’t Just Be in the Marriage Game. Go for the Championship!”

“Why you should drop out of the ‘Ain’t It Awful’ Club and instead surround yourself with success, positive and nurturing people” certainly sounds like good advice. That could help many marriages too.

Of course, I especially look for principles that are not contrary to the principles of the Bible. I do not think we create reality with our words, but if we set goals and follow through with action, we can certainly see great measures of success.

If you are interested in success in general, you might want to check out Mr. Canfield’s book. If you are looking for principles for a successful marriage in particular, you may find it very helpful to browse around on this site for a while.

First Free Will Baptist Church, Johnston City, IL

Click here for the link to the first message preached on those two Sundays.

Bro. Keith Fletcher and the congregation would love to have you come by and visit. If you need a ride, click around on the links at the top of the page when you get to their website, and find information about their transportation ministry.

While I regularly teach class at Morthland College on Tuesdays and Thursdays, you can contact me for information about speaking availabiity.

I can still conduct marriage seminars on most weekends, and if you are local to Southern Illinois, you might be able to schedule one where Rhonda and I both can be present. The ladies especially enjoy Rhonda’s sessions.

Johntson City Free Will Baptist Church

Click Here to hear one of the messages. I think you can also click on “previous” to hear another one. I think the link will stay active for a while.

We appreciate the ministry of Keith and Sarah Fletcher very much.

If you are in the area, you might want to visit them.

I just talked with Bruce Droit, a friend all the way back to childhood.

Arnett's Country Store

How does this relate to this website? I guess the best answer is that you want your mate to be your best friend. Friends in general remind you of that.

Bruce and his wife Stacy run Arnett’s Country Store south of West Frankfort, IL. If you would like to check out their website you could go to Arnettscountrystore.com. They have many wonderful craft and decorative items that you might like to look at.

How does that relate to marriage? You want your marriage to be a thing of beauty, don’t you?

Check out The LOVING Way to a Successful Marriage if you would like to make your marriage more beautiful than it already is, and while you are at it, you might want to mosey over to Bruce and Stacee’s website too.

Have a Fun Marriage!

common. They describe the six keys to marital bliss that build a solid marriage.

The seminars include many fun activities, and the the principles for a solid marriage remove many of the hindrances to a fun marriage.

See the posts below this one to find out more information about signing up for the six-session seminar put on by Morthland College. (Also, look for the info how to get two for the price of one.)

Click Here for the Post about the Class.

You can also check out Morthland’s website at http://Morthland.org.

Clicking Here will take you to the Registration form.



Tweak a Great Marriage to Make it Even Better

This is a great fun class for married couples who want to tweak their marriages and make them even better. That is the target audience, but you will notice in the comments on the website that some with serious marital issues have taken the principles that are presented in the above mentioned book and course and have restored their failing marriages.