My marriage enjoyed a significant boost a few summers ago on a family vacation to Glacier National Park in Montana.
Read MoreTraditional marriage vows say, “For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health.” When Jean and I got married, we assumed that life would mostly be “better, richer, and healthier.” While life with each other has been wonderful, we’ve encountered challenges along the way.
Read MoreGod wires each one of us uniquely. Which is why learning who your children are, how they think, and what motivates them are critical skills to develop.
Read MoreWhether you realize it or not, you do have a worldview. You either fill in the blanks with random answers, or you seek truth like you’re assembling a jigsaw puzzle, thoughtfully and carefully putting small pieces of information together to form a bigger, unified picture of reality.
Read MoreAs I’ve shared before, I’ve had to overcome adversity. My dad died an alcoholic, and my stepdad walked out on my siblings and me the day of my mother’s funeral. To be honest, although I usually end up with greater faith after encountering challenge or loss, the journey there isn’t always easy.
Read MoreNo word defines marriage quite like the word love. But what is love, really? Is it simply an emotion we feel? Or is it something deeper?
Read MoreWhat should be the main focus of parenting? Scripture provides a clear job description for parents in Deuteronomy 6:7, which says “You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”
Read MoreYou won’t want to miss our Focus on the Family Broadcast “The Greatest of These Is Love." We’re airing a recorded talk by World War II Dutch resistance hero Corrie ten Boom. In the early 1940s, Corrie and her family risked their lives to help 800 Jewish people escape the Nazis.
Read MoreYou love your children, and you want to express it well. Some days you feel happy with how you connect. Other days, you get caught up in the “everyday-ness” of life. Between work and meals and keeping up with schedules, you’re busy and not as intentional about showing love to your kids as you’d like to be.
Read MoreOne day, well into her adult years, Florence Littauer’s dad invited her into a tiny back room of the little store he’d operated for decades, reached into a hiding place behind an upright piano against a back wall, and retrieved an old cigar box.
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