Family Update Archives

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...

Like many newlyweds, my husband and I fought. Though we read our Bible and prayed together, what was written on those pages wasn’t transforming us....

Marriage is changing both of you. But you’re starting to notice that sacrifices aren’t drawing you into a more intimate relationship; they are...

We long for our sons to grow up to be men who love God and positively influence their church, community and culture. The question on most of our...

Every divorce circumstance is unique. However, for true healing it's necessary to grieve the death of the dream, the death of the covenant and the...

How can we as parents be wise when our children have friend problems? We tell them a story about Philemon in the Bible and his choice to forgive an...

Yep, I'm going there. Let's not pretend that the subject of sexual immorality doesn't exist.

So, there we were. At age 34, my husband left his stable and well-paying job at a mortuary in search of greener pastures.

Being a part of a couple is great, but it’s not the all in all.