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7 Ways to Include Stepchildren in Christmas Traditions

What if having a big dinner and gathering around the tree the day after Christmas would ease the child's stress? This is not a suggestion...

7 Ways to Include Stepchildren in Christmas Traditions

Helping Your Child Understand Gender Identity in a Confused Culture

I don’t mean to be overly simplistic here, but my answer to this question is pretty simple. How do you help your child understand gender identity...

Helping Your Child Understand Gender Identity in a Confused Culture

5 Ways to Build a Legacy of Faith in Your Family

Create a faith-filled foundation that shapes your family for generations.

5 Ways to Build a Legacy of Faith in Your Family

5 Ways to Keep Christ at the Center of Your Family’s Christmas Celebrations

We have to resist the excess that defines Christmas. Honestly, for most of us, the long gift list, elaborate gatherings, and busy schedule feel...

5 Ways to Keep Christ at the Center of Your Family’s Christmas Celebrations

4 Ways to Explain Advent to Your Children

We need simple ways to share Jesus alongside the more mature conversations about biblical truths. For my young ones, making Advent ornaments,...

4 Ways to Explain Advent to Your Children

3 Reasons The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Is a New Holiday Classic

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever follows Grace (Judy Greer), a determined mom who takes over the local Christmas pageant, only to face unexpected...

3 Reasons The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Is a New Holiday Classic

5 Prayers to Pray as You Navigate Family Gatherings This Holiday Season

Gathering with our loved ones is truly that, a gift. Let's all, if not for a few weeks, hours, or even moments, put aside our differences,...

5 Prayers to Pray as You Navigate Family Gatherings This Holiday Season

Enjoy Family Time with November's Top 7 Family-Friendly Streaming Picks

November ushers in the warmth of gratitude, togetherness, and family-friendly entertainment as the holiday season approaches. From heartwarming...

Enjoy Family Time with November's Top 7 Family-Friendly Streaming Picks

3 Things Parents Should Know about Wicked

Wicked (PG) explores the untold backstory of Oz’s iconic witches, weaving an emotionally rich narrative about friendship, identity, and the roots...

3 Things Parents Should Know about Wicked

14 Ways to Foster a Spirit of Gratitude in Your Family This Thanksgiving

We live in a society where it’s typical to complain, compare our lives to others, and spend our time going after what we want in an unhealthy...

14 Ways to Foster a Spirit of Gratitude in Your Family This Thanksgiving

Is Raising Kids Now Really Harder Than it Used to Be?

Parenting feels harder than ever, but God’s Word offers hope, strength, and practical wisdom to navigate today’s unique challenges.

Is Raising Kids Now Really Harder Than it Used to Be?

5 Meaningful Family Thanksgiving Traditions to Start This Year

As Jesus followers, we can take the biblical theme of thankfulness and apply it to this American holiday, lifting our vision higher and finding...

5 Meaningful Family Thanksgiving Traditions to Start This Year

8 Ways to Instill Thankfulness in Your Children During Thanksgiving

Once you've incorporated regular thank yous in your home, get the children to extend their thank yous to thankfulness by regularly asking them what...

8 Ways to Instill Thankfulness in Your Children During Thanksgiving

6 Thanksgiving Activities for Kids to Cultivate Thankfulness

Unfortunately, we are not born thankful; gratitude has to be taught.

6 Thanksgiving Activities for Kids to Cultivate Thankfulness

3 Ways Lost on a Mountain in Maine Will Inspire Your Family

Lost on a Mountain in Maine follows the harrowing true story of 12-year-old Donn Fendler, who becomes separated from his family during a hike on...

3 Ways Lost on a Mountain in Maine Will Inspire Your Family