Practical Applications Archives

No matter the upheaval and chaos, God offers peace to our families. Here are 10 ways to make your home a safe haven in a scary world.  

Most of us need a little help learning how to live more thankful. Sure, we are grateful sometimes, but not all the time. Consequently, we rarely...

If you've betrayed by a best friend, parent, boss, or any loved one...you know that when someone breaks trust, it hurts deeply. But we serve a God...

Here are a few suggestions for determining what the right amount of individual independence looks like within your relationship.

God’s heart isn’t that his people would constantly be in conflict over who has more control or power. That misses the point entirely. The way of...

We are placed, purposefully, in each other’s lives. Nothing good happens apart from the Father. Every good work exists because of Him. He makes...

One verse that stands out as a call to stand up for those who are experiencing oppression and injustice comes from Proverbs 31. Proverbs 31:8-9...

Here are 5 of the most common marriage problems, along with tips and solutions to keep your relationship healthy.

How can racial tension change? We Christians must own the systemic race problem in every aspect of our culture. By not professing and modeling...

Here are a few suggestions to have your multigenerational family chat go smoothly and with lots of fun and laughter. Technology can't completely...

As one body, let’s get to work and start building bridges for reconciliation. Our world desperately needs it. Here are seven suggestions for taking...

Hard conversations are essential, and when Christians practice engaging in thoughtful ways, everyone wins. But don’t stop there. Here are five...

Trying to figure out how to make it through this crisis became my daily focus. The combination of worry and exhaustion revealed my need to let go...

As a white Christian, I admit, it's hard to even know where to start. It’s easy to post a Martin Luther King, Jr. quote on social media and let the...

Rather than making a list of what you hope your spouse will be like, how about you make a chart of what would make you the spouse of someone...