All the excitement about Valentine’s Day makes it easy for us to spend a day focusing on romantic love, but committing to act in love all year long is more difficult.
Faith Conversation: A Beautiful Love
Hidden Health Benefits of Marriage
Regardless of culture or socio-economic status, research shows overall positive effects of marriage on a couple’s health and wealth.
Are You Looking for the Hero in Your Husband?
Wives have the power to frame husbands as either failures or as heroes. Every choice, every word, every response has the potential to build or to tear down.
How to Pick Your Parenting Battles
When you pick your battles well, you continue to build your relationship with your teen. Here’s how.
Avoiding Dangerous Attractions
After counseling people who have been hurt by infidelity, Dave Carder has learned that being aware and being prepared are more important than ever. There are too many opportunities for infidelity.
Become Your Spouse’s Publicist
Few things boost a person’s self-esteem more than hearing that his or her spouse has been saying positive things to others about him or her. When a couple does that, they reap a double dose of love.
Adoptive Family: When Kids Fear Messing Up
How a child’s academic performance can feed the fear of rejection
The Ex Factor in Your Blended Family
Parents who are in a second marriage often have to make difficult choices. But they can’t afford to let their fear of what an ex might do overrun their commitment to their current marriage.
Work: The Payoff Beyond the Paycheck
We work hard to provide for our families and to model a strong work ethic. Our kids see our dedication, but do they know what we’re working for?
Faith Conversations: Honoring Marriage
How we talk about our spouse and our marriage matters. Let’s consider that, especially when we’re involved in a conversation in which spouses are being bashed or divorce is being suggested.