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Making Marriage Work
Marriage is not an event but a process. Men and women are different in many ways, and that will affect how marriage works. Learn the difference and similarities between men and women that can influence marriage.
Enhancing Positive Communication
Communication gives life to your marriage. Take time to discover your spouse again and again, and allow your spouse to deeply know you.
Words that Value Your Spouse
Words can be powerful, especially words that make your spouse feel valued. Learn how words can change a relationship for the better.
Maintaining Lifelong Commitment
Commitment and faithfulness are the foundation of a lasting, thriving marriage; honour your marriage and you will be richly rewarded with security, stability and satisfaction.
Cherishing Your Spouse
Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Your spouse is your treasure; you’ve searched high and low and found each other, so cherish your treasure.
Loving Your Wayward Child
Loving a wayward child can be tough, especially when they keep disappointing us. This can be a time of stress, anxiety, and heartbreak. What should a parent do when a child goes astray?
Showing Grace to Your Family in Close Quarters
Working from home isn’t easy, especially when interruptions result in harsh words, tears or slamming doors. Learn how to turn frustration into authentic communication, and show grace to your family.
Forgiveness Isn’t Fair, But it is Essential
Help your children live out the principles of grace and forgiveness, understanding how conflict looks when the relationship is regulated by humility and forgiveness.
Neither World: Parent-Teen Negotiations
Teens enter into this phase we like to call “Neither World”. Encourage your teen to strike a healthy balance between their ideals for independence and the reality of their dependence.
Surviving a Child’s Suicide
How does a parent recover and move on from the tragedy of their child committing suicide?
Q&A: Resolving conflict over finances
Question: My wife and I fight about money all the time. We both hate the conflict, but we feel stuck in this pattern – especially
Q&A: Making marriage work in spite of unemployment
Question: My wife and I have been married for 30 years but we are struggling. We’ve been under a lot of stress over the last
Q&A: Honouring my Alzheimer’s parent
Question: Can you tell me what it means to “honour” a parent who has become increasingly cranky, feisty, disagreeable, and demanding as a result of
Q&A: Keeping New Year’s resolutions with a twist
Question: I’m sitting down to write out my New Year’s resolutions. Every year I struggle to keep up with my goals – and usually give
Q&A: Every Healthy Couple Should Learn to Fight
Fighting as a married couple is normal. However, couples need to learn how to fight in order for their marriage to stay strong. Learn the difference between healthy and unhealthy combat in marriage.
Q&A: Giving children allowance money
Question: We have three children and we are looking at any advice you can give us on how we should do money allowances in our
Q&A: Trying to surprise my spouse
Question: Like a lot of guys, I’ve tried to surprise my wife only to have my best efforts crash and burn. I have an aversion
Q&A: Talking to my son about puberty
Question: When should we talk with our son about what it means to be a responsible husband and father? He’s still pretty young – not
Q&A: Making Marriage Work – Conflict Resolution
Misunderstanding is very often the source of a conflict arising. Discover how to effectively navigate healthy conflict resolution in your relationship.