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Influence flows out of relationship. Here's how to put pride away and start leveraging the power of influence over your teen.

Day in and day out living will bring many minor annoyances. You must have a plan on how you will deal with these irritants.

Making good choices, ones that honor Jesus and defy insecurities, fears, or pressures, always lead to the best life.

I would love to have male friends, but I don’t know how! How can I get comfortable around guys without seeming flirtatious?

Help your kids submit to God's authority in the area of money, and they can live a life of peace within their heart and mind.

How do you teach your kids that people are more important than things? By believing it yourself. By living it.

1. In our house, Christmas is about Jesus. That first. The rest follows. 2. The stuff goes away. Relationships do not.

So if you’re looking for a priceless Christmas gift that will be treasured for generations, here are a few tips—from one author to another—to...

Christmas, even with all its various challenges for families, presents a wonderful time to build lasting memories and focus on the Savior.

Learn the joy of this special Christmas season, even when parenting alone is hard.

The holiday season often ushers in feelings of loneliness and disconnection more than joyful belonging. So many of us look around the holiday table...

According to the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, money issues are the third leading cause of divorce. Having a good holiday budgeting...

I worry that 1 Corinthians has been corrupted by an industry that celebrates romance at the expense of Christian love, which is about commitment.

My single years held many Christmases like that one—sweet joys in the midst of silent anguish, bitterness tangled up in beauty.

If you look beneath your busy lifestyle, you’ll discover that it may be covering up something you lack spiritually.