Everyone brings baggage from past relationships, but you can pull from the strengths you’ve gained from your past — maturity, patience, wisdom, godliness — to build a new marriage and family.
Shadows From the Past
Accountability Means Building Faithful Friendships
Accountability is faithful friendship, doing life side by side with a comrade, a friend or a co-worker. But we must be intentional about engaging others on this quest for a life of purity.
Choose Joy Over Happiness
When troubles come, joy is often exposed as undependable happiness. Kay and Rick Warren learned that happiness wasn’t enough — they needed joy — true joy that can only come from God.
David Robinson: Parenting in the Fourth Quarter
NBA legend David Robinson talks about preparing to launch his three sons.
Raising Resilient Kids
How to teach kids to bounce back after they face adversity or hardship.
Can We Change Our Focus to See the Scenery of Tomorrow in Our Marriage?
I wonder what our lives would be like if we reframed how we thought about our tasks. What if we regularly took time to stop and see how far we’ve come, and then gave thanks for our progress?
Who Did You Marry?: Understanding Your Spouse
People who have been staunchly committed to faith and family fall into trouble when they don’t grow with their spouse. We need to continually “update” our knowledge about our husband or wife.
How to Create Adventure Out of the Ordinary in Your Marriage
The boring zone can be dangerous for a marriage. It can lead to disappointment. How can you actively fight the mindset of dissatisfaction and relish each day God has given you together?
Maintaining Your Marriage With Teens in the House
Parenting adolescents isn’t easy, and conflict surrounding raising kids can harm a marriage. But you and your spouse can work as a team to build your marriage — even while raising your kids.
Give Kids a Vision for Aiding Refugees
You and your children have a wonderful opportunity to interact with and learn from refugee families whose language, culture and customs may look very different from yours.