Practical Applications Archives

When the rest of the world is afraid and loses hope, how can Christians still bring the life and love of Jesus Christ to a sick and dying world?

Resurrection eggs give you the tools you need to better convey the message of Easter to your kiddos. They are a great hands-on and age-appropriate...

You can make a shift in a moment. You can change the direction of your attention back to God. You can go from heavy to light. From beaten down to...

Since you love your family, it’s only natural for you to want to share spiritual truths and blessings with them. But if they’re unreceptive, it can...

When I learn to quiet distractions and listen to God’s instruction, I will in turn become the listener my family needs. Here are a few ways we can...

Most of what follows about leading God’s church is counterintuitive. Or, maybe better said: not what you might be expecting. But these 10 lessons...

Christians often assume that if they aren’t having sex with anyone other than their spouse, then they are considered to be sexually pure.The...

Anxiety is the silent leader in mental illness, our main ‘disruptor of peace’ complaints in the United States. Out of 40 million people that are...

The threats of this world are real, but we do not stand against such threats alone. Our Heavenly Father stands with us, and in Him, we can find all...

Sleep is needed not just for physical reasons, but for spiritual as well. Here is more encouragement to make it a priority for your family. 

Here are three ingredients to keep loving one another through the years even when our spouse has changed and the feelings don’t show up.

Loving our enemies is a foreign concept. Love and enemies are words that seem mutually exclusive. Putting the two together raises questions. When...

Many who have come out to family members in the past have been abandoned, shunned, or experienced strained relationships that they fear will never...

Early parenthood is lived as a blur.  The details swirl together, nights run into the daytime, sleep is in short supply, and the survival of...

Much of friendship involves walking alongside each other as we experience the effects of sin and disappointment in the world. This task, though...