Family Update Archives

Just because our kids are becoming adults and hopefully, productive citizens of the world doesn’t mean we can’t hold on to the last precious...

What if it seems as though God hasn’t provided for your house payment? Did God not come through––or is it possible He has a better plan?

You don't have to come from a good family, or even know who your parents were, to experience the Fatherhood of God.

With limited time and attention, the most critical conversations include matters of her physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Yet, keep in...

Husbands, listen up: if you are using Proverbs 31 as a godliness checklist, you are misusing the passage and hurting your wife.

When we catch our kids lying, there a few things we can do to break the chain reaction of fear and dishonesty. Free them up to embrace the truth,...

Scientists are just starting to understand the picture of how interaction with screens, social media, and a digitally-driven world impacts child...

Our marriage had been happy and strong. But like shattering glass on concrete, my husband's unexpected announcement of infidelity crushed me.

God designed nests to be temporary, so He must have intended for parents to do more than only parenting.

The vows you take on your wedding day give a glimpse of Jesus’ infinite love to each of us who trust in him.

Over the years as a pastor, I’ve talked with people on their deathbeds and have often heard the same thing from parents: If they had it to do all...

But there is an uncomfortable truth I sense more and more when using social media. A lurking danger behind all the connecting, content-creating,...

We are often emotionally immature, though we only notice immaturity in others.

Sometimes it seems like we’re in a constant war for control, this boy and me, and something has to change. So I’m stepping out of the war and...

If you’re marriage feels cold and distant, take heart! We serve a God of restoration and healing known for breathing life into those things once...