Family Update Archives

Safety is a requirement for a healthy relationship. What happens when you feel constantly unsafe in your marriage?

What can be done about ongoing bad moods? What can we do if we get set off by the slightest provocation, hurting everyone around us and even...

There are few things more humbling and heartbreaking than my two and a half year old looking sadly at me and saying, “You’re not being very kind to...

If we want to see our kids flourish and be who God wants them to be, we have to make the effort to use what little time we have to impress upon...

It’s the simple unintentional things, after awhile, that become huge offensive things that slowly undermine the security and health of a marriage.

Even though I can't prepare or protect my children from everything they will experience, I can do my best to equip them with the tools they will...

Would you be surprised to learn that one of the things your husband most needs from you is your ability to help him?

Far beyond planning the particulars of a wedding day, the time of engagement is a really sacred time. It’s an opportunity to connect with and...

Though it might seem that we (moms and kids) have different needs, the gospel reminds us that our greatest need is actually the same. We are all...

All marriages struggle in a fallen world. Few couples are realistic when they walk the aisle and repeat nuptial vows. Sooner or later—no matter how...

Single momma, you have been given one of the best and most rewarding jobs on the planet. And, guess what? It comes with a guidebook—the Bible.

There are so many factors that can get in the way of a good marriage, but often, they are the small, unnoticed things that make their way in.

People are disappointing. That’s reality.

Solomon’s counsel is clear: we must understand ourselves, confess, renounce our sins, and turn from them.

Instead of being one of the main influences in my grandchild’s life, I was to play a supporting role.