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5 Prayers for Moms Dreading the End of Summer Break

Feeling that familiar tug of dread as summer winds down? Before the rush returns, take time to pray over your children, your home, and the coming...

5 Prayers for Moms Dreading the End of Summer Break

10 Things to Say to Your Adult Child

We yearn to have children and commit to parenting them to become more than just good kids. We invest our time to help them become contributing...

10 Things to Say to Your Adult Child

When Is it Appropriate to Help My Adult Children Financially?

We gained wisdom by setting a budget and keeping it when we were young. But it also took us many months, maybe years, until we saw a positive...

When Is it Appropriate to Help My Adult Children Financially?

5 Ways to Keep Your Marriage Strong While Raising Teenagers

Marriage in the teen years is no easy task. These five biblical-minded steps can help you stay united, find peace in the chaos, and strengthen what...

5 Ways to Keep Your Marriage Strong While Raising Teenagers

Unplugging Pornography: Helping Your Teen Escape the Trap

I communicate on a regular basis with teens who struggle with addiction to porn. These are not oddball, sadistic, perverted teens but everyday,...

Unplugging Pornography: Helping Your Teen Escape the Trap

5 Prayers to Protect Your Family from Spiritual Warfare

Sometimes, it isn’t just a battle between our own flesh and blood; it's a spiritual attack, and we need an intervention.

5 Prayers to Protect Your Family from Spiritual Warfare

Let’s Talk about Mom Guilt - What It Is and What to Do about It

When we experience mom guilt because the enemy is tricking us and distracting us, then we need to banish him. When mom guilt sneaks up on you,...

Let’s Talk about Mom Guilt - What It Is and What to Do about It

3 Things Every Parent Should Know about ‘Sketch,’ Angel’s New Monster Movie

Amber’s drawings take on a life of their own, but what’s really haunting this family isn’t fantasy. It’s grief, silence, and the deep ache of loss.

3 Things Every Parent Should Know about ‘Sketch,’ Angel’s New Monster Movie

Director Says 'The Bad Guys 2' Teaches Kids the Power of Redemption and Resilience

Director Pierre Perifel says 'The Bad Guys 2' is more than just an animated caper. It’s a heartfelt story about redemption, second chances, and...

Director Says 'The Bad Guys 2' Teaches Kids the Power of Redemption and Resilience

Raising a Happy Child as a Solo Parent

Knowing that children often bear the brunt of the emotional turmoil solo parents grapple with, finding ways to maintain a happy home life for the...

Raising a Happy Child as a Solo Parent

7 Wonderful Gifts of Relationships with Your Adult Children

My grown kids and I are still navigating how to do life with each other in a new season, but this far along, I’m grateful to have already...

7 Wonderful Gifts of Relationships with Your Adult Children

What Does Joseph’s Colorful Coat Teach Us about the Danger of Favoritism?

This biblical story shows how favoritism can break relationships and why we’re called to reflect God’s just and impartial love.

What Does Joseph’s Colorful Coat Teach Us about the Danger of Favoritism?

10 Beautiful Baby Dedication Prayers to Celebrate New Life

God has entrusted you with a gift—how will you respond? These 10 prayers help you commit a new life into His hands with reverence, Scripture, and...

10 Beautiful Baby Dedication Prayers to Celebrate New Life

4 Ways to Have Less Conflict When Co-Parenting with Grandparents

Family tensions and conflicts, even dysfunction, are real and problematic elements to this wonderful equation. However, if boundaries and...

4 Ways to Have Less Conflict When Co-Parenting with Grandparents

Are You Raising Lazy Kids?

I’ve heard parents state that they want life to always be easy and fun for their kids. I reject this nonsense wholeheartedly.

Are You Raising Lazy Kids?