Family Update Archives

Your daughter needs to know your standards because everyone else is trying to sell her theirs. Take a look at few of the most common battles you’ll...

Because at the heart of it, real love is all about sacrifice. About the giving of yourself, in ways big and small.

It is a dangerous linguistic falsehood birthed from a very practical reality.

A marriage flourishes when both husband and wife love Christ more than any other person in life––including one’s own spouse.

If our teens don’t “buy in” to the rules, the relational approach makes enforcing those rules more difficult.

Traditional wedding vows include noble and Godly commitments. But they also have one glaring omission.

Rest is something we are designed to do. God has both a purpose and a plan for it.

One of the biggest complaints from parents and teenagers alike is that there is often little or no communication between the two groups. Perhaps...

Students at secular schools face challenges that can invigorate or smother their faith.

Let’s put Ephesians 5:22 in context. This passage is all about empowerment for EVERY member of the family.

These days, having more than two children can unleash a tsunami of ire from family, friends and total strangers. Three mothers give their...

Marriage is a melding of two very different cultures.

It’s natural for parents to panic when it comes to addressing sex with children. But if we don't talk with our kids we open them up to potential...

We were created for connection. Certainly God had connection in mind when he created male and female—each to complement the other. Each were...

If you want discernment to choose a husband, ask God to grant it and then wait on the Lord for clear insight.