Are you looking for a speaker who enlightens, educates, and entertains at the same time? We all need to laugh more and my seminars are filled with humor and practical information. God has blessed me with opportunities to speak all over the country, helping people make positive changes in their lives and relationships (please see below for what others have said about my speaking).

My most frequent speaking engagements are leading marriage retreats and women’s retreats. For marriage retreats, I have developed the following sixty-minute presentations (all have handouts for participants). Some of these were developed to meet the specific requests of various retreat organizers:

• Communication: Appreciating Our Differences
• Communicating Like Best Friends
• Passionate Intimacy
• Time Together: Just the Two of Us
• Conflict Resolution
• Boundaries in Marriage
• Love and Limits with Kids: Reality and Responsibility Discipline
• Forgiveness
• Leaving and Cleaving: Boundaries with In-Laws
• Understanding and Enhancing Your Sexuality (for female participants only)

Each presentation is biblically based with scripture woven through the hour. I use both case examples and examples from my own marriage as illustrations, and also involve the audience whenever possible. My ultimate goal is to provide couples with practical tools, tips, and techniques for improving their relationship, while also inspiring and challenging them to settle for nothing less than the “oneness” God has planned for their marriages.

Couples consistently report that one of the most valuable parts of my marriage retreats are the “knee-to-knee” or breakout sessions. After each presentation, couples are given structured questions to discuss covering the material just presented. Each couple finds a quiet place to go over these questions, pray together, and apply new ideas and tools to their marriage. CD’s of many of these presentations (with printed outlines) are available for sale in my store.

For women’s retreats, I have developed a four-session interactive workshop entitled “Creating a Life You Love” Women love this workshop because they spend an entire day focusing on their life and how to make it more satisfying and fulfilling. The presentations include:

• Is Your Life Working for You?
• What’s Draining Your Life Energy?
• What’s Fueling Your Life?
• Does Your Life Honor Your Values?

Each woman receives a workbook filled with exercises and questionnaires, which are completed as part of the workshop. I also do two life-coaching demonstrations with volunteers from the audiences, allowing the women to see powerful life changes happening right in front of their eyes. Scripture is woven in throughout the day, encouraging women to discover the abundant life God has designed for each of us. Audience participation is encouraged and women leave the retreat energized and ready to make positive changes in their lives. A four CD or audiocassette set of this retreat with workbook is available for sale in my store.

 

"Thank you so much for coming to Lee's Summit Community Church in April 2004 to speak. Your presentation was absolutely one of the best I've seen in years and possibly the most practical I have ever seen in my life! Highest kudos to you on all points: content, creativity, authenticity, delivery, humor, audience interaction, biblical foundation and on-target tools. I have heard one appreciative comment after another about your workshop, along with suggestions for inviting you back to speak to married couples. "
Debi Stack, Author of "Martha to the Max: Balanced Living for Perfectionists", Moody Press, www.maxedout.net

 

"You added a great combination of humor, wit, and excellent content to our married couples retreat...I pray that your opportunities to speak to couples will increase every year."
Gerry Peak, Discipleship Pastor, Germantown Baptist Church, Memphis,TN

 

"We are delighted to have you on our "A" list of preferred speakers/leaders."
Larry Williams, Associate Minister, Broadmoor Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA