Articles on Relationships

The following articles are written by Bahamian, Barrington H. Brennen MA, NCP, a specialist in relationships.  He is a marriage and family therapist, counseling psychologist, and a nationally certified psychologist (USA).  Brennen BIO

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Parenting	Roles in Marriage	Campus Rage	Quizzes of Abuse	Male Leadership
Child Discipline	Divorce	Stress	General Topics	Television
	Psychological Disorders	Marriage, Divorce, and Births Statistics	Seminar Presentations
	Pornography	Bone of My Bone, Jamaica 2008	Philosophy of Education
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    New Article   Friday, May 22, 2009

1. Kiss Me Please A Remake

2. Do Not Touch the Hips

    Relationships Romantic Relationships, Dating, Marriage, Engagement

1. Divorce Up 700%

2. Is Marriage On the Decline?

3. The Do List for Married Couples

4. She Has A Right to Know

5. The Marriage Duet

6. Blood Is Thicker Than Water

7. Essentials of Marriage Preparation

8. Intimate Partner Violence Quiz

9. Tell The World You Are Getting Married

10. ONLINE QUESTIONS:  What Kind of Woman Do You Want?

11. What to Do On Valentines Day?

12. Romantic Make-Over

13. Honey, Let's Talk 

14. Intellectual Intimacy 

15. Spiritual Intimacy  

16. Marriage and Divorce in the Bahamas

17. Infidelity: Game or Sin? Part II

18. Infidelity: Game or Sin?

19. I Lost My Breasts And My Husband

20. Marriage & Divorce & Live Births Statistics  Updated November 19, 2007

21. Compulsory Pre-Marriage Health Certificate Needed  PDF FORMAT

22. The Couple that Eats Johnny Cake Sticks Together (Sermon).  PDF Format

23. The Secret of 51 Golden Years (Article)  PDF Format

24. The Four Women In My Life

25. Is Commitment Enough?  Part 2

26. Is Commitment Enough?

27. The Fire is Gone Out - When the Sex Drive is Dead

28. Nurturing a Long Distance Relationship

29. Opposite or Complementary?

30. Don't Be Fooled, Flowers Aren't Enough

31. Spicy and Sweet Month

32. Making Weddings Sacred Once More - Part Two

33. Making Weddings Sacred Once More - Part One

34. Marital Conflict Seminar Handout

35. The Golden Era of Marriage

36. The Greatest of These Is Love

37. A Perfect Marriage is Possible  PDF Format

38. Forgive Him?!  No Way!

39. Getting Married for the Wrong Reasons

40. Love Makes No Demands

41. When Loving You Is Destroying Me

42. Dating Games

43. Secret Ingredients for a Spicy Marriage

44. Honey, Love Alone Will Not Do

45. Is Your Lover Loving You?

46. Wealth, Success, or Love?

47. I Now Pronounce You "Man and Wife."

48. Favoritism Destroys Families and Nations 

49. How Do I know I the Shoe Fits?

50. My Sweet Valentine 

51. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me 1994

52. Kiss Me Please A Remake 2009

53. Honey, What do You What to do Tonight? 

54. Time is Your Best Friend 

55. I have Rights too, Baby"    

56. How to Handle Conflicts   

57. Marital Conflict Seminar Handout

58. Toxic Intimacy

59. Guidelines for Fighting With Your Spouse

Pornography  New

1. The Porn Craze Part I 

2. The Porn Craze Part II  Coming Soon

    Sexual Relationships

1. Keep You Hands Off

2. Innocent or Guilty?

3. We Need Healing In Our Church   (Part One)

4. How to Help A Wounded Pastor  ( Part Two)

5. Sexual Abuse Prevention & Healing Seminar for People in Power

6. Marital Rape, Myth or Reality

7. Sex and Driving  Article for Monday June 21, 2004 in the Nassau Guardian

8. Sex In The Forbidden Zone - Part IV "Wounded Men   PDF FORMAT  New

9. Sex In The Forbidden Zone - Part III "Wounded Women"  PDF Format

10. Sex In the Forbidden Zone - Part II  PDF Format

11. Sex In The Forbidden Zone - Part I  PDF Format

12. Sex and Driving 

13. I prefer Experienced Men

14. The Man I am Pregnant For Isn't My Husband - Part 1   Part  2

15. Releasing Sexual Tension -   Part 2  

16. Dangerous Sexual Secrets  Written May 1, 2002

      Roles in Marriage

1. Leadership is the Top Stumbling Block in Marriage

2. ONLINE QUESTIONS:  What Kind of Woman Do You Want?

3. Anymore Good Women Available?  PDF Format

4. The Budget Debate  PDF Format

5. The Sample Budget and Guidelines

6. The Unwanted Virtuous Woman  PDF Format

7. The Unwanted Virtuous Man  PDF Format

8. Lord Please Give Me  House Wife   

9. Should I Get Pregnant or Have a Career? 

10. The Five Kinds of Wives

11. Gentlemen, Please Remove Your Hats   The Five Kinds of Husbands

12. Honey, Let's Led Together - Part One

13. Forgive Him?!  No Way!

 

    Male Leadership In Crisis Series

1. Male Leadership In Crisis  Part One

2. Male Leadership In Crisis  Part Two

3. Male Leadership In Crisis  Part Three

4. Dad, I Need You  Part Four

5. Would the Real Man Please Stand Up  Part Five

6. Is Testosterone to Blame? Part Six

 

    Divorce

1. Why So Many Divorces?  PDF Format

2. Until Death Do Us Part

3. Until Divorce Do Us Part

4. For the Sake of the Children - Part 1  Part 2

5. God Hates Divorce and Violence

 Abuse/Violence Quizzes

1. Parental Violence Quiz

2. Intimate Partner Violence Quiz

3. The Violence Quiz

    Abuse  Spouse, Child, & Sexual Abuse

1. The Lord Told Me

2. The Church Must Change

3. Please Remember Our Children 

4. Sexual Abuse Prevention & Healing Seminar for People in Power

5. Intimate Partner Violence Quiz

6. Parental Violence Quiz

7. I Can't Leave My Parents  PDF FORMAT  Article on child abuse

8. What is Child Abuse? 

9. Recognizing Sexual Abuse and What to Do About It

10. Making a Non-Violent Bahamas 

11. Why do Christian Husbands Abuse Their Wives?  - Part 1   Part 2   Part 3

12. Domestic Violence and the Church  PDF Format 13 pages Updated October 15, 2001

13. Religion, the Church and Domestic Violence Slide Show Download WP Presentations  or  Go Show - Ready to Run on Your Computer-    PDF FORMAT    Added June 24, 2002

14. A Deadly Formula for Violence  

15. Why Do Women Stay?

16. I Can't Leave My Parents  PDF FORMAT  Why do children stay in abusive relationships?

17. Effect of Abuse on Children

18. Should I Leave Him?

19. The Voice of A Little Child in Pain  Incest  Written April 7, 2002

20. Dad and Uncles, Exposing Their Secret  Incest

21. Dad, You're Hurting Me Again  Incest

22. Why Do Men Stay in Abusive Relationships?  Added September 15, 2001

    Parenting Parent-Child Relationship, Parenting Skills

1. What Teens Need from Adults

2. Teenagers, Violence, and Culpability

3. Another 864 Hours Wasted

4. Please Remember Our Children 

5. Prom or Transcript? 

6. My Father: A Real Father

7. Education Reform Can Reduce Crime

8. Releasing the Violence Trap

9. The Violence Trap

10. Crime, Family and God

11. Homework Strategies for Parents

12. Back To School With No Television

13. The Obedience Trap

14. Parental Violence Quiz

15. Summer Mania Parenting during the school holidays

16. The Effects of Parenting On Society  Presented at Calvary Bible Church, Nassau , Oct 26, 2003

    Power Point Slide Show No Software Needed   

    Power Point Slide Show To Down Load On Your Computer

17. Raising Children  Slide Presentation to Go.  No software needed.  

18. Back to Basics.  What Are They?  PDF FORMAT

19. What Village Can Raise My Child?  PDF FORMAT

20. Grammy's Tired Today  PDF Format

21. When In-Laws Get In The Way    PDF FORMAT

22. Mom, Please Listen to Me

23. Keep the Children Out Of The Bed??!!

24. It's Time to Close the Church Doors Part One

25. It's Time to Close the Church Doors Part Two

26. When the Good Lord Created Fathers

27. When Parents Nurture, Children Blossom  Part 1

28. When Parents Nurture, Children Blossom  Part 2

29. Mom Ruins Son's Life  PDF Format Originally "Mom please leave your son alone"

30. Talk So Your Child Will Listen

31. What to say when your child asks about the birds and the bees?

32. Growth and Development of Children and Teens

33. A Father's Love 

34. Mom's The Word  PDF Format  Written May 8, 2002

    Stress   Added October 7, 2001

1. Stress, a Blessing and a Curse

2. Stress, a Blessing and a curse - Part 2

3. Stress, "Laughing at wesef"  - Part 3

4. Humor for Stress - Part 4

    Child Discipline

1. Discipline or Punishment

2. Rules Without Relationships  Part 1

3. Rules Without Relationships  Part 2

4. Teachers, Please Be Nice  Rules Without Relationships Part 3

5. More Good Teachers Needed Rules Without Relationships Part 4

    Homosexuality  Recovery

1. Gays Are Not Our Problems    PDF FORMAT WORDPERFECT FORMAT

2. Overcoming the Homosexual Lifestyle  

3. Condemnation or  Compassion PDF FORMAT  Added July 24, 2003

4. Facing My Deepest Fears

5. God Loves Homosexuals

6. Learning to Love Homosexuals  

7. Let's Make Him Straight

8. Homosexuality: Hope or Dilemma  This article is for publication in a Adventist magazine and includes some thoughts from previous articles  PDF FORMAT

    Television

1. Back To School With No Television

2. Television and Sexual Feelings

3. Television Blackout Time

    General

1. More PEPSI Needed

2. The Lord Told Me

3. The Church Must Change

4. West Jamaica "Bone of My Bone"

5. What Teens Need from Adults

6. Teenagers, Violence, and Culpability

7. Let's Give Them a Second Chance Helping the Ex-con

8. Family and Crime Reduction in The Bahamas  A Speech

9. Education Reform Can Reduce Crime

10. Crime, Family and God

11. The Last Days . . . Family & Worship Controversy (Slide Show Sermon)

12. The Physiological, Psychological & Behavioral Impact of Music  Slide Show

13. Okay, You Can Have Your Peas and Rice

14. No Peas and Rice In 2005

15. My Emotions After the Hurricane.  Tips to help you cope with crisis

16. Whose Prayer Did God Answer?

17. Sex and Driving 

18. Who Delivered Your Christmas Gift?  PDF Format

19. The Junkanoo The Pains     PDF Format  

20. Gender Issues In Tertiary Education  PDF Format   

21. Corel Slide Presentation for Gender Issues   No Software Needed  Use the space bar or arrow keys to move the slides forward.

22. Revival!?!  What About the Family 

23. New Year Transformational Resolutions    PDF Format

24. The Gift of Poinsettias   PDF Format

25. Fixing Our Nation   PDF Format

26. To "Let Go" Takes Love  PDF Format

27. I Am a Vegetarian, And So Is My Dog  PDF Format  June 2002

28. The Meaning of Family Author Unknown

29. Tradition Must Make Sense

30. Look Forward to Being Very, Very, Old  Part 1

31. Look Forward to Being Very, Very, Old  Part 2

32. Christmas Sadness

33. AIDS!   Let's Make a Difference

34. Worry Can be Dangerous to Your Health

35. Laughter is Good Medicine, So is Love, Tears, & a Good Diet"

36. Why Should I be the One To Die?

37. More Good Women Needed (Stupid Things Women Do)

38. A New Bread of Bahamian Men Needed  (More Good Men Needed)

39. No Crabs for Our Fathers

40. Suicide is Forever

41. The Society of Child-Like Grown Ups

42. Beatitudes to Teenagers  PDF Format

43. What is God's Will  

44. Whose Prayer Did God Answer?

45. Why Stop the Crime?  PDF Format

46. The Golden Era Of Virtuous Bahamian Men

47. Where Will Our Cruise Ship Dock?

    Seminar Slide Shows All shows are in WordPerfect Presentations

1. Refresh, Recommit, Reconnect Slide Show Marriage Seminar

2. Peace in Your Marriage Slide Show

3. Barefoot Sabbath at Living Faith Sermon Slide Show for June 7, 2008

4. The Last Days . . . Family & Worship Controversy (Slide Show Sermon)

5. The Physiological, Psychological & Behavioral Impact of Music  Slide Show

6. Raising Children  Slide Presentation to Go.  No software needed.  

7. "In Partnership With God"  Show to go.  No software needed.  Slides for the Consecration Service for Women's and Children's Ministries, February 6, 2004

8. "In Partnership With God"  PDF Format for printing

9. "I Don't Love You Anymore" Corel Presentation Presented at Mount Mariah Baptist Church, Nassau, December 5, 2003

10. The Effects of Parenting On Society  Presented at Calvary Bible Church, Nassau , October 26, 2003

    1. Power Point Slide Show No Software Needed   

    2. Power Point Slide Show To Down Load On Your Computer

11. Hope Sermon Slides  863K

12. Broken Cisterns  WordPerfect Presentation Format  - Sermon Slides

13. Domestic Violence and the Church "What the Church Can Do"  WP .6 mb

14. Religion, the Church and Domestic Violence  WP 

15. Sexual Abstinence  WordPerfect Presentation Format - Seminar Slides

16. Two Shall Become One Marriage Seminar Slides  WordPerfect  1.2 mb

17. Retirement and Family Life Seminar .6mb   Participants Handout of Slides Information (Abbreviated) PDF FORMAT  2 Pages

18. Retirement and Family Life Social Survey PDF FORMAT

19. Affirmation, Appreciation, Commitment Slide Show to Go No software needed

20. Affirmation, Appreciation, Commitment Slide Show to Download (WordPerfect Presentation Needed) 1.2 MB

21. Reach Out And Touch Audio Sermon  -  Family Ministries Day at Centreville, February 28, 2004

22. WEDDING PREPARATION PRESENTATION  THIS

 

 

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Stages of Ministerial Development    WORD FORMAT   December 22, 2008

The Chart of the Stages   WORD FORMAT

 

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