Family Update Archives

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, when you face trials of many kinds, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.”...

What do I do if my kids ask a question that I can’t answer?

You can’t help but feel a sense of loss when everyone else is celebrating their own relationships.

A solid marriage is built on more than a weekly outing to the local Applebee’s.

Life made a detour, unexpected and stressful. But with a still mind and a calm heart, you can follow these steps to inspire your spouse.

Pregnancy loss is a very common, yet unspoken event that many women experience.

God only wants me to share those thoughts, concerns and emotions with my husband that have the goal of building up our marriage.

I want you not just to survive during the crush of the morning rush but to thrive.

The reality of married life is that we all settle into negative and positive communication. Both kinds of communication change a marriage.

With all the different information and philosophies on child rearing a parent can feel overwhelmed and overloaded.

One of the greatest privileges of my adult life has been to pray for my elderly mom.

The honeymoon is but a memory, but the excitement of building a life remains. Most couples never even see it coming. Mental illness.

Don’t wait until they are older; start young. It’s important to embrace the immediate influence we have on our children.

A lot can happen in twenty years of marriage. Here are a few lessons I've learned over the years.

Yielding my beloved, difficult child to God helped relieve me from always feeling I was responsible for his maturity and well-being.