Articles by “Chris Grace”

Can conflict really be constructive in your realtionship? In today's video, Dr. Chris Grace addresses the ways working through conflict can help build intimacy in your relationship and offers a Christlike model to guide you through healthy conflict. 

Remember the first date butterflies? Wondering why you don't feel them as often now? In today's video, Dr. Grace shares the importance of beginnings and how reflecting on them fondly can help prevent isolation down the road. He offers tips for fighting self-isolation and the importance of viewing one another as God's workmanship. 

Have you ever noticed that communication seems so easy at the beginning of a new relationship? In today's video, Dr. Chris Grace explains why good communication is easy in the beginning and shares helpful tips to keep it that way. 

What makes relationships thrive over social media? In today's video, Dr. Chris Grace provides tips on how to help relationships flourish with today's technology. 

What are some signs that you're in a toxic friendship? Read today's blog by Dr. Chris Grace to learn about red flags and how to handle unhealthy situations and relationships.

What causes us to gravitate towards certain people but not others? Do the friends we hang around with really shape who we become? In today's blog, Dr. Chris Grace explains how simply living near someone or running into them repeatedly can foster a close friendship.

What are the priorities of a biblical friendship? Dr. Chris Grace created a quiz to see if our view of friendship matches up with the Bible's view. Take a brief quiz to see how much you know about what the Bible says about friendship!

Dear CMR:

My roommate struggles with depression, and she is often discouraged about the things going on in her life. I am thankful that I can be her friend; it seems like not many others know or understand what she's going through. What should I do?

A Friend