Family Update Archives

5 Bible Verses to Help the Entire Family Trust God This Easter

Through their own experiences, parents can educate their children about times when God has shown Himself to be trustworthy in their own lives. This...

5 Bible Verses to Help the Entire Family Trust God This Easter

7 Ways Praying Together Strengthens a Couple’s Marriage

What if prayerlessness as a couple in marriage is a ploy of the enemy to weaken and interfere with the benefits a husband and wife experience...

7 Ways Praying Together Strengthens a Couple’s Marriage

5 Ways to Be Christ's Example to Your Kids

Our children constantly absorb our words, actions, and reactions, whether we want them to or not or whether we realize it or not. Let’s review how...

5 Ways to Be Christ's Example to Your Kids

10 Meaningful Things to Put in Your Child's Easter Basket

Besides a chocolate bunny and other sweets, fill your child's basket with unique and meaningful gifts, like seeds to plant or a bible story puzzle....

10 Meaningful Things to Put in Your Child's Easter Basket

6 Simple Ways to Bring the Bible into Your Family's Daily Life

It can be challenging to bring the Bible into your family’s life without feeling as though you’re force-feeding or pushing it on your children. But...

6 Simple Ways to Bring the Bible into Your Family's Daily Life

5 Modern Challenges Christian Families Face

If you feel bogged down, disconnected from your faith, and wondering if your efforts are making a difference in the relentless drive of culture,...

5 Modern Challenges Christian Families Face

How to Keep Healthy Emotional Attachment in Your Marriage

Emotional connection is the bond that keeps people together. It is the glue in relationships. Many couples don’t realize that if they are not...

How to Keep Healthy Emotional Attachment in Your Marriage

3 Life Lessons I've Learned from Student Loan Debt

Get the perspective of a college grad (and a personal finance author) on what can be learned from student loans. It's not all bad!

3 Life Lessons I've Learned from Student Loan Debt

Should You Tell Your Children about Your Financial Struggles?

Hearing my mother be vulnerable with me about the state of our finances was comforting. I couldn't do anything to change the situation. However,...

Should You Tell Your Children about Your Financial Struggles?

5 Lies Men Believe about Their Roles in the Family

Knowing the lies and truth about the roles of men can give more purpose and peace, however. Here are five lies men believe about their roles in the...

5 Lies Men Believe about Their Roles in the Family

How to Get Along Without Compromise

There is such a thing as being too agreeable, and if you’re like me, you’re looking for better ways to promote peace without compromise.

How to Get Along Without Compromise

5 Ways to Better Show Love and Respect to Your Spouse

What is the difference between love and respect? And why does love matter to women and respect matter to men?

5 Ways to Better Show Love and Respect to Your Spouse

8 Ways to Pray for Your Children While They’re at School

We might not pray all of these every day, but at least a few of these quick prayers will help us stay connected and speak into our children’s lives...

8 Ways to Pray for Your Children While They’re at School

Where Is the Line Between Parent and Friend?

The most healthy way we can see ourselves with our kids is as their parents, a role superior to just friends. It's a role that looks like shared...

Where Is the Line Between Parent and Friend?

6 Tips for Improved Relationships

Take time to examine your beliefs about how others “should” behave. Are these expectations rooted in God’s truth or your own preferences?

6 Tips for Improved Relationships