Family Update Archives

It’s a simple fact: most young Christians will walk away from the Church during (or before) their college years.

Dear friends, if you are in a season of motherhood or fatherhood where you feel completely drained, you are not alone.

As many as 90 percent of those who get divorced confess that one reason for the breakup of their marriage was the unbearable loneliness of living...

When I held my baby in my arms for the first time, I knew that I would die for her. This taught me a lot about God.

Sometimes God is silent, our prayers go unanswered. When we are tired of the silence, we can still trust His heart.

God wants us to love, cherish, and enjoy our spouses. But at what point does our love become an idol?

Learning to see our kids as unique individuals standing before God—individually responsible to God—helps me to turn off the nagging and tune in to...

After years of showing up to my own dining room table I am convinced it is one of the most vibrant places we can show the consistent love of Jesus...

Offering an apology for wounds you have committed can be tricky business. There are times when it may seem like nothing you say is good enough to...

I remember the moment I stood before my groom and recited my wedding vows. I certainly didn’t expect life to be perfect, but I assumed my marriage...

Should raising obedient children be a parent’s highest goal? What pay-off could possibly top that? What’s even better?

Many times we don’t treat our spouses with the basic courtesy that we would show to someone we had just met.

Good ideas lead to good leadership, good decisions, good policies, and good government and bad ideas lead to bad leadership, bad decisions, bad...

There are certain things your husband hates about church and you aren’t sure what to do about it.

Whether you have children of your own or not, we all can and should be praying for the students in our families, communities, and cities.