It is the covenantal commitment that enables married people to become people who love each other. Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself.

Have you heard about the other way of writing the word “intimacy”?—”INTO ME, SEE.” There’s a valuable piece of marital wisdom embedded in this clever play on words.

This fall, my oldest daughter starts middle school. In many ways, she’s a confident, talented, and accomplished young lady. In others, she’s still a little girl. Despite her advanced drawing skills and the numerous comics she’s created, her room is littered with stuffed animals and sparkles. The blankie I made for her when she was […]

Searching for ways to ease your children into the school year? Try these ideas for getting them accustomed to the routine of returning to school this year.

Does your kid have the back to school blues? Discover some tips to help your kids overcome their negative feelings about returning to school.

Having a happier marriage may be easier than you think. You can do little things to add joy to your union. Here are inspiring stories written by couples on how they made their marriage happier.

Take the time as a family dive into the Word and help further set the stage for what is to come on Christmas. Here are some bible verses to read to your kids this Christmas Eve.

Celebrating the holidays with clear communication and healthy boundaries with your young adults will make your time together more memorable and enjoyable.

Gratitude rescues us from the trap of negative thinking and helps us enjoy life more. Learn how gratitude is one of the seven traits of effective parenting.

God wants only the best for us, and He allows us to experience Him more fully and be a part of what He is doing when we pray from an eternal perspective.

Advent is a time of hope. When we show our children Advent’s profound truths, they receive a higher hope than anything this world can offer.

As we seek to focus on the significance of Jesus’ birth amid all the hustle and bustle of the season, another crucial part of Christmas is often lost.

I wasn’t fully on board with my wife’s dreams to adopt. But we finally found ourselves on the same page. We have some suggestions for aligning your dreams so that you’re headed toward the same goal.

Help your child cultivate flexible thinking as a valuable life skill

If you’re a strong-willed woman, it can be tough to parent a younger version of yourself. But you also have a definite advantage… you know what it’s like to be a strong-willed child.

God’s Word clearly indicates that fathers bring power to the parenting relationship.

Understanding our internal responses when a teen is disrespectful helps us choose God’s peace over inner chaos.

Learn what Wicca is, its followers interest in the beliefs and principles, and God’s perspective on Wicca.

In today’s culture, reading is one way to help your kids attain more academically. Here are some ideas to create a culture of reading in your home.

Without parental guidance, our daughters may only notice the external beauty of princesses in books and movies, and not the valuable character qualities that will make them true leaders.

What is intimacy? What is the definition of intimacy? Sometimes people will do just about anything to get close to someone they find interesting, intriguing, or just plain irresistible. Is that being intimate?

“Our souls crave intimacy.” — Erwin Raphael McManus

Erin Smalley challenges wives to avoid criticizing their husbands. She’s found that effective communication in marriage includes encouragement and positive feedback.

To overcome unforgiveness, we need to deal with our emotional wounds and let them heal.

How does this parenting style really play out in practical ways?

Money issues can cause big problems in marriage. It’s important to understand God’s plan for our finances and work to be good stewards of his property. Here are some tips to help do that.

When you first got married, you laughed all the time with your spouse. You loved to play with your beloved, and you took delight in him or her. But it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Has the fun evaporated from your marriage due to the heat of stress or responsibility?

Laughter can help with that. After all, a joyful heart is good medicine!

Screen addiction is a rising concern affecting kids and adults. Excessive screen time harms health and social interactions. Recognizing signs and taking action can restore balance in your home.

Authors Bill and Pam Farrel look back on some of life’s storms that helped them build a lasting, enduring love in their marriage. They offer some tips that will help you do just that.

Is there really a path to online fame and easy money for our kids?

What do your teens fear most? It’s different than what you fear for them. Dr. Kevin Leman discusses three things you may not realize your teens fear and what they need from you so they can stop being afraid.

When spouses stay alert to changes in each other, they can catch warning signs of possible mental health issues early on and seek the help they need.

A marriage vow is a special and powerful promise — and we need it for many reasons. If you’re living together but you’re not married yet, consider the power of the vow.

Sometimes it’s hard to know if you’re disciplining your children effectively. Try using these five measures from the Bible.

Navigating a new marriage may not be as easy as the movies make it seem, but with an attentive eye and an earnest heart, you can avoid these pitfalls and have a beautiful newlywed season.

A girl grounded in her identity will still feel discouraged when she doesn’t have the relational connections she craves, but a lack of friends won’t define her. And it won’t destroy her. And if she’s practicing confidence and selflessness, the lonely seasons won’t last forever.

For Christian families, there’s an overwhelming importance upon understanding the roles of female and male. However, our culture emphasizes different aspects of these roles from Christianity. In the Christian context, the origin point for this conversation lies at the beginning: the creation of woman and man.

One way to strengthen your marriage is to study the Bible together. To start, you can read these devotions adapted from the Kingdom Marriage Devotional by Dr. Tony Evans.

There are five basic love languages – five ways to express love emotionally. Each person has a primary love language that we must learn to speak if we want that person to feel loved.

How do you counsel someone against living together before marriage — a decision counter to God’s Word? The first step is to seek knowledge.

Teen girls can easily fall prey to these five lies. Battle them with truth and arm your daughter.

I’ve found that ultimately, even when my children want to be respected as an adult, they also crave the comfort of a parent.

Our kids need to know they are loved, worthy, valued and created on purpose for a purpose. Their difficulty in overcoming anxiety or depression does not define them.

The weight of sorrow can feel unbearable, but with compassion, understanding, and the love of God, it is possible to help someone who is grieving.

Caregiving is a season, so it helps to have regular getaways for empathetic listening, caring conversations, essential evaluation, and the ongoing need for flexibility and modifications.

Children build their self-confidence through learning small, real life skills.

Understanding our children’s mental and spiritual development plays an important role in how they will interpret the worldview presented in today’s media.

Wives and mothers desire expressed and demonstrated respect rather than the mere avoidance of disrespect.

A mother’s love needs to be given unconditionally to establish trust and a firm foundation of emotional intimacy in a child’s life.

Money can have a strong hold over us. Giving it away breaks that hold.

Each person comes to their wedding with a unique set of life experiences and levels of childhood trauma that impact the marriage relationship.

The most common complaint among married couples is a lack of communication. Too much conflict is among the top five reasons people divorce.

Addressing anxiety in your parenting can be difficult. But there are ways to practically and appropriately manage your anxiety and stress to serve and love your family well.

Through the years, I have come to understand that Mother’s Day, oftentimes, encompasses a myriad of emotions. The dichotomy of immense joy coupled with unbelievable sadness and grief. It is a sacred space where mere words struggle to fill the void and can serve as a reminder of unfathomable anguish and represent immeasurable heartache.

It’s hard work to rebuild trust and intimacy after the betrayal of infidelity, but when both partners are willing to do the work, it’s worth it.

How to know if your child is being bullied, and what to do if your child is the one bullying others.

Helping others together as a couple can make your marriage stronger.

When you discover the joy of helping your spouse succeed, you begin to establish or restore emotional health, respect, support and encouragement in your marriage.

“As a young person, I didn’t realize the impact that early financial habits would have on my future,” says the author in this book excerpt. Join him on a journey of personal discovery and learn about practical and biblical lessons for wise money management.

Great communication is more than an illusion

Is it possible to practice a deep sense of awe and an attitude of gratitude in the ordinary moments of marriage?

When ADHD and marriage go together, you can face repeating conflict patterns. But you can lessen those patterns and strengthen your marriage.

The sexualization of young girls has numerous effects on mental health, identity, and sexuality. However, as a a parent, you can positively shape your daughter’s development throughout the critical ages and stages of her life.

Many godly, Christ-centered homes struggle with clinical depression. Here’s one family’s story.

Couples can find the balance between a busy life and a growing relationship, and they can further enhance their love with these simple, 30-second habits.

Teaching your toddler to obey is one of the most important building blocks for their continued development. Learn how to establish a healthy foundation of obedience in your home.

If we are not diligent to date our mate, the business and busyness of life can infringe until we spend less time together now that we are married than we did before our vows.

Having open and honest communication around money management, you and your partner can share personal goals and concerns, understand each other’s financial habits, establish alignment, and agree upon a shared vision.

Manifesting your dreams is a dangerous trend sweeping through our schools and social media. Manifesting and setting intentions is witchcraft.

Help your kids understand the importance of patience through these age-appropriate activities.

Spending time in intimate conversation with our Heavenly Father on behalf of our kids can take away the feeling of powerlessness that we sometimes battle. These times spent with God can renew our sense of hope, open our eyes to what God is doing now in our kids’ lives, and impact our interactions with our children.

How false assumptions may be hurting your marriage

Witchcraft is a difficult subject to broach in Christian circles. Many people are so uncomfortable with it, they don’t even want to discuss it, and don’t believe it is real.

If we are not diligent to date our mate, the business and busyness of life can infringe until we spend less time together now that we are married than we did before our vows.

As a parent, you know each child is different. Some are talkative, some are not. For children to communicate well, we have to take the first steps to teach them.

Praying as a family can be much more than a bedtime ritual.

A husband should care for his wife with the same intensity he nourishes his own body. So husbands must spend time every day doing things that help a wife feel loved.

As I strive to honor God in my marriage, I am consistently learning—and observing—that a godly marriage is strengthened when a husband meets the highs and lows of life with consistent faithfulness, love, and devotion.

There’s no magic formula to raising children. There are, however, time test principles that help.

The sexualization of young girls has numerous effects on mental health, identity, and sexuality. However, as a a parent, you can positively shape your daughter’s development throughout the critical ages and stages of her life.

If you have been wondering, “Why is my good kid, all of a sudden, defiant?” Emotional wounds could be the underlying culprit.

Understanding my husband’s hobbies brought us closer together

How do you get your children to obey, and what should you do when they won’t?

Astrology has saturated social media, teens are drawn to it believing it is harmless.

Despite my relatively thick skin, there is one popular phrase from the mouths of abortion promoters that always gets under my skin: a pregnancy is merely a “clump of cells.” The phrase bothers me for a few reasons.

We need the encouragement of friends and family — not just when a marriage begins, but to keep it from ending. Our loved ones can make the difference between relationship life and death.

Our kids are constantly watching us, and how we treat our spouse is probably how our children will treat their own spouse someday. Your marriage is your child’s blueprint for intimacy and relationships.

God wants to heal women addicted to porn, just as he did with me. He wants the best for you and your marriage. Here’s what you should know.

God has called husbands and wives to serve as unique vessels of His love for the other.

Parenting your pregnant teen is a whole new level of motherhood. It can also be a deepening of your relationship.

There is a crucial shift in youth culture, and Christian teens need to understand transgenderism as well as how to respond in love and truth.

A basic understanding of God, and how He created humans, will help develop deeper intimacy in marriage.

Looking at inclusion from God’s perspective