Family Update Archives

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

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

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...

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

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?

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

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.”

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...

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.

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...

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

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?”...

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.

What should you look for in a "good man?" Sometimes, in the quest for that spiritual leader, you might miss the qualities that Christ put in your...