Family Update Archives

I was jaded by the popular advice given to me before our wedding, "Prepare yourself: marriage is hard." But the best things in life are worth...

While it can be unnerving to watch your little girl grow up in America’s sexual culture, take heart and remember: you have the advantage.

Let me guess. You are a woman who doesn’t look forward to Valentine’s Day!

I don't mind putting in the effort with my kids … as long as I see the results. Today.

My parents made plenty of mistakes. Yours did too. As a dad now with 4 kids, I've finally arrived at that place where I am more cognizant of the...

As Valentine's Day approaches, I like to take a good hard look at my “love life.” I consider how I’ve been loving my hubby, my family, friends and...

Want to mess up your marriage? Live separate financial lives.

My 5 year old son cried last week in bed because he was lonely. And I cried with him because I knew exactly what he was feeling...

When you interact with others at the office or the gathering place after work, what message do you send? Do you have the right boundaries?

Laying in the tent during another in our long line of horrible weather Boundary Waters canoe trips, I was angry...

There are times when we look at our marriages and silently think, “This so wasn’t part of the deal.” But in reality, it was and is.

More and more people seem to keep asking me about our story of fostering. I remember being on the other side, wondering how tough it would be to...

Brian Goins' book "Playing Hurt" shows you how to develop a winning marriage by being a husband who stays in the game with God.

Adoption was never plan B for God. It wasn't an alternative solution. It was plan A.

Sometimes the dream dies. Where do you go from there?