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Two Fleas and No Dog By Craig Hill; 216 pages Regular Price: $15.00 Excerpt from Craig Hill’s Blog “What Women Value” published on January 14, 2014. Craig Hill’s writes about a woman’s perception of value. Although these may not apply to all women in every circumstance, they may help men understand their wives a little better. Women tend to value intimacy, communication and relationship. Their primary fulfillment comes from sharing their heart within a close relationship. Most reflect these values by being relationship oriented rather than goal oriented. A woman’s identity comes through the quality of her relationships, the most important of which, being that of her husband. And her primary desire is that her husband would make her his highest priority in life (Not withstanding his relationship with the Lord). That priority is best demonstrated by her husband when he is willing to listen without a running commentary on her feelings. She needs to feel that she can express her feeling completely, and that it’s okay to be upset. She longs for his empathy, not a Mr. Fixit, practical, logical solution. For you men, this may be difficult to understand, but offering a solution instead of empathy is the wrong course of action. It’s like giving a man who is dying of thirst in the desert a lecture on how he could have avoided his predicament, and then directions to the nearest river, when all he really needs is a sip of water from your canteen. When a woman’s feelings are seemingly ignored and a solution is offered instead of empathy, she often closes down. That approach makes a women feel that her identity has been invalidated and that her husband just doesn’t care. Men, instead of advice, a solution or a fix, Craig recommends that you just put your arms around your wife and listen to her heart. She will feel valued and loved and you may just find that there was really no need to fix anything. You can read more about what men and women value in Craig Hill’s book, Two Fleas & No Dog. About the Book “Two Fleas and No Dog” is a practical book in which Craig Hill presents 3 key elements that will reignite in your marriage the fulfilment, security, and stress-free environment you had always hoped for: Covenant, Communication, and Conflict Resolution. In this book, Craig shares out of his personal experience the insights and principles he and his wife, Jan, have used in transforming their own marriage, and in ministering to thousands of married couples around the world. These principles and powerful real-life stories will make the book come alive in your heart - the only place from which your marriage can change. E-Book versions for Kindle and Nook are now available. The audio book is also available. This book is also available in Spanish and Portuguese, and if you’re buying 10 or more you can get a bulk order discount! About the Author Having a specific interest in ministering to marriages and families, Craig Hill pursued an internship and later a volunteer staff position at the New Life Counseling Center in Denver. He subsequently taught counseling and missions on the faculty of the Marilyn Hickey Bible College. In 1987, the Lord raised up Craig as Senior Pastor of a local church where he and Jan served for seven and a half years, until he was called by God to devote his full-time energy to the ministry of Family Foundations International.
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