Family Update Archives

When I held my baby in my arms for the first time, I knew that I would die for her. This taught me a lot about God.

Sometimes God is silent, our prayers go unanswered. When we are tired of the silence, we can still trust His heart.

After years of showing up to my own dining room table I am convinced it is one of the most vibrant places we can show the consistent love of Jesus...

Learning to see our kids as unique individuals standing before God—individually responsible to God—helps me to turn off the nagging and tune in to...

God wants us to love, cherish, and enjoy our spouses. But at what point does our love become an idol?

Offering an apology for wounds you have committed can be tricky business. There are times when it may seem like nothing you say is good enough to...

Should raising obedient children be a parent’s highest goal? What pay-off could possibly top that? What’s even better?

I remember the moment I stood before my groom and recited my wedding vows. I certainly didn’t expect life to be perfect, but I assumed my marriage...

Many times we don’t treat our spouses with the basic courtesy that we would show to someone we had just met.

Good ideas lead to good leadership, good decisions, good policies, and good government and bad ideas lead to bad leadership, bad decisions, bad...

Whether you have children of your own or not, we all can and should be praying for the students in our families, communities, and cities.

There are certain things your husband hates about church and you aren’t sure what to do about it.

Entitlement has a sneaky way of getting the best of us. Kids, especially, find it easy to believe they are deserving of certain things or entitled...

As new parents seek balance while fielding comments such as “why” and “no”, there are some key phrases they can give in exchange.

Several years into our journey of parenting three small children, my wife Mary and I decided to take a long walk together, because there were some...