Practical Applications Archives

Your life doesn’t usually play out in the way you would write your own story. If you were God, you would know how the latest episode of your sitcom...

Search for “spiritual disciplines” and you will come up with lists ranging from a few practices to giant, enormous, book-length lists.

Being uncomfortable with the idea of my young daughter having a future love life shouldn’t stop me from praying about it.

There’s no such thing as a perfect school year, but there are some sure-fire steps to pave a path to a year that all parties enjoy.

Your husband’s unhappiness may have nothing to do with you. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do to support him.

We often say we crave more intimacy with our mate, yet we are unable to give it. We say we want closeness but don't know how to obtain it.

Many Christians have a preferred musical expression. Perhaps it is CCM (Contemporary Christian Music), hymns, songs in Spanish, Gospel, acapella,...

I was enjoying myself well–until the sharing time began. Each person in the room began to share personal struggles.

Jesus’ life provides an ideal model of what joyful simplicity and dependence on God can deliver.

When we first fell in love with someone, we wanted to know everything about them. What they liked, what they hated, everything. And we can do the...

We live by habit. We’re not even aware of it, but we do. All of us—the overwhelmed, imperfect, structured, spontaneous, rigid, and flexible—are...

There is one question and one only which we should ask of the world: May I tell you about Jesus?

Many of us are struggling to navigate the family role-reversal. The parent who cared for us now needs our care.

You don’t have to feel alone in your marriage anymore. You can be a woman who inspires your husband.

We may not be on the brink of losing our marriage, but perhaps we have a broken friendship to show for our stubbornness.