Enriching Relationships for a Lifetime    
     

Dr. Gary Oliver
Gary J. Oliver, Th.M., Ph.D.
Executive Director

Graduate Fellowship:

  A relationship is like a pebble—when it hits the water it creates a ripple that has an impact way beyond where it entered. Research tells us that the greatest source of joy in life is healthy relationships and that the greatest source of frustration and pain is unhealthy relationships. Like the little pebble dropped in the water, the quality of our relationships ripple across our lives, the lives of those around and even impact future generations.

CRE exists to educate, encourage and equip individuals, couples, families, churches, colleges and corporations to experience healthy relationships. Liferelationships.com is a collection of unique resources to encourage healthy relationships ranging from articles to questions and answers, to seminars and workshops, to books to links to other excellent relational web sites.

Regardless of where you are in your important relationships know that you can enjoy stronger, healthier, more vital, vibrant and effective relationships—and we're here to help.

     
Question of the Day

I’m married to the most loving, giving, and understanding man I’ve ever met. I love him dearly; however, I'm not in love with him. I don’t feel physical attraction or passion toward him. I'm not proud to say I was in a sexual relationship before my husband and I met. While that relationship was physically satisfying, he wasn’t a practicing Christian and not committed to me. Now I find myself fantasizing about my previous relationship. I don’t want to destroy my family, but I long for the desires described in Song of Songs.
One of the many unfortunate consequences of being sexually active before marriage is that the abnormal and transient high we get from Eros love can become the standard for everything that follows. It’s like enjoying the feeling that comes going down the first big dip of a roller coaster and then spending the rest of your life searching for the same feeling. A roller coaster can be fun to ride on but not much fun to live on.
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