Family Update Archives

We are surrounded by spiritual battles, both inward and outward. We must prepare our sons for battle as we prepare them for every other aspect of...

Most of our children’s difficult phases are temporary. But how we choose to handle them can have more lasting impact.

Research shows time and again that those married couples who date regularly, and furthermore, try new activities together, tend to have more...

Regardless of if your man’s Myers-Briggs results, there are a few things that top the list of things you might not be doing for your husband—and...

While we say we want our situation to change, many of us expend much energy maintaining the status quo. Change is difficult and requires something...

Many times you may be asking the question: “What did I do wrong?” But what if the problem isn’t something you did, but something you didn’t do?

Starry-eyed, smiling couples often ask us, “How long should an engagement last?” To give a complete answer, we need to look at the Biblical...

Nothing makes you want to raise compassionate children like meeting people the world has forgotten.

In parenting, I’ve found one surprising truth: Some of the clichés you’ve heard one hundred times are actually true.

While there are many questionnaires to assess your marriage, I have a simple method for determining whether or not you need immediate help.

When you become a father for the first time, your life changes in significant ways.

As young daughters grow up and someday become mothers themselves, they'll look to their own moms for advice and guidance.

That would be a good gift, wouldn’t it? Especially if he were going away for a time (like a military deployment)? Or would it?

After an affair, the offending spouse must repent before God. But after repentance, should you confess the adultery to your spouse?

Our first instinct is to pray for our own child's influence and protection. But it's very possible no one is praying for the child or young adult...