Family Update Archives

A few keys to becoming a better wife

You have to Do The Work. Chances are you already know WHAT you have to do…it’s the doing of it that causes the problem.

Allowing a middle schooler to watch sex on the big screen is like allowing a toddler to ride in the front seat with no seatbelt.

“Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds.” – Proverbs 27:23

If you’re a spender who married a saver, you CAN learn how to decrease the amount of conflict and increase trust between you.

Below you’ll find a brief list of legitimately useful goals you can accomplish in surprisingly short time with remarkably little effort.

Volunteering as a family brings solidarity to members of all ages.

Marriage, like tandem kayaking, assumes that you are going in the same direction, working together and have the same goals.

"In my current job, I can't follow my passions. I seem to be on the sidelines of my own life, waiting for it to begin.”

When all is said and done, values are more likely to be caught than taught. You have to live what you teach.

With each passing day, our children grow up in seemingly small ways. Then we blink and they are setting up homes of their own!

Is your teen perpetually texting? Do they listen to you through earbuds? Maybe some limitations are in order.

God created us to love Him and enjoy Him forever. That means He also created us to do what we enjoy doing.

Don't make a “resolution” as a way to announce what you are “going to accomplish” in the New Year only to see it forgotten next week.

“Don’t quote the Bible to me!” she says with annoyance. “I don’t believe it anymore.” Was that how your world changed?