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Grace & Forgiveness

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Turtle Time: Mental Health Breaks During Coronavirus

Be aware of your own feelings. Notice when you are annoyed or overwhelmed and are becoming angry. Once you are aware, choose to take a break and deal with your emotions before you try to deal with your child’s emotions.

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Strengths, Challenges, and Strategies for Co-Parenting When Your Partner Is on the Autism Spectrum

It’s helpful to have a good sense of humor and lots of forgiveness. It’s also good to help autistic parents understand that challenges are part of normal life. In the end, collaboration between the neurotypical and autistic parent can make parenting success possible!

Living with your family in close quarters can produce an immense amount of stress. But it's also an opportunity.

Showing Grace to Your Family in Close Quarters

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Table of contentsLiving with Your Family in Close QuartersHitting the Pause ButtonGrace – An Undeserved GiftShowing GraceWhen Real Life HitsGo To Your ClosetFrom Frustration to Authentic CommunicationFocus on the Opportunity Living with Your Family in Close Quarters So here you are, at home with your family in close quarters. Your …

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Sexual Assault and Rape: Help for Teens

Ways to help teens understand or heal from sexual assault and rape.

Holiday Stress Between Parents and Young Adults

Holiday stress between parents and young adult children may occur when both parties have different expectations about the holidays. But that stress can be relieved.

Boomer parents snuggled up with older kids. They are connected and fun loving looking at the camera.

The College Kids Are Back in Town

Things have changed with your college kids. Have you changed with them?

A grandfather looks out of the corner of his eye to find that instead of fishing with him off of the pier, the boy is completely distracted by a tablet and a cell phone.

3 Major Grandparenting Challenges

Be prepared for these three challenges when grandchildren are in your care

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Be the Mom You Want to Be

How to parent well even if you didn’t have a good role model

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Teaching Character to Your Kids

If you want your kids to have good character, here’s how you can help them “catch” it from you.

Pass on Your Faith to the Next Generation

The foundation of a strong spiritual legacy can begin in the heart of the parent.

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Show Your Kids How to Be Hospitable to Your Neighbors

The Gospel comes with a house key, and it starts with showing our children how to be hospitable to neighbors.

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That Their World May Know Who God Is

Many kids in today’s culture don’t read the Bible. Give your kids the help they need to show others who God is through their actions.

An angry daughter sits on the floor

Does a Child’s Bad Behavior Mean You’re a Bad Parent?

Your child’s bad behavior does not necessarily mean you’re a bad parent. Here’s why.

A woman and her son sorting the laundry, the boy balancing towels on his head.

Mothering With Justice and Mercy

How a gentle approach can help your kids want to do what is right

Rebuilding Your Relationship With Your Children After a Divorce

Divorce is difficult for children. Confusion and hurt can often lead to resentment and emotional separation between kids and parents.

Your Child and the No-Show Parent

Help your kids deal with the disappointment brought on by the other parent.

Let Your Kids Be Kids

Protect children of divorce from growing up too soon.

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Your Son Will See Inappropriate Content

Equip your son to stay pure in a world full of sexual imagery.

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Forgiveness Isn’t Fair, But It Is Essential

Help your kids live out the principles of grace and forgiveness, understanding how conflict looks when the spirit of a relationship is regulated by humility and forgiveness. 

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Effective Family Communication

Do you feel like walls are being put up between you and your teen. Try these foundational ways to better connect and develop effective family communication.