Family Update Archives

Sometimes doing less is the best gift a tired mom can give her family.

Every year around this time, we’re asked, “What do the kids want for Christmas?”

Is marriage even worth it when it causes so much pain?

There were discussions, compromise, flexibility, and some disappointment. But our first Christmas is a happy memory for me. It can be for you too.

I cried out: “I can’t do this anymore. You’re going to have to do this for me.” God answered that plea by leading me to say three prayers that...

What can a family’s Advent prayers look like? And how can we keep weekly family Advent activities from becoming just one more holiday ritual?

It’s not their Sunday school teacher, classroom teacher, or another adult leader who will have the greatest impact on your child’s faith; it is...

We want our kids to be safe and happy. We don’t want them to struggle. Yet Jesus told the disciples, “In this world you will have trouble.”

In the midst of a particularly heated moment, my husband hit his emotional pause button and said one simple phrase that changed everything.

My experience is like Paul’s (2 Corinthians 12:7) thorn in the flesh. We don’t know what his thorn was, but I know mine. My wife is my thorn.

A friend asked how long it had been since our last week-long vacation. I mulled over the question for a while and finally answered, “My honeymoon?”...

Let your husband know your needs. Look to God to meet your needs.

There comes a day when you and I have to loosen our grip on our kids and let them fall out of the “nest” so they will flap their wings and learn to...

What if I told you about one simple trick to change the tone of your house?

The vast majority of teenage boys were not made to sit at desks for hours and hours at a time.