By: Bob Lepine Years ago, when I was a single college student and a young follower of Christ, I traveled with some buddies to Southern...

By: Meg Bucher Without words, my dad faithfully repaired the doorframe every time my teenage angst slammed it off its alignment. No one...

By: Tim Challies Marriage is under attack. Marriage has always been under attack. The world, the flesh and the devil are all adamantly...

By: Cynthia Yanof I recently ran across an article talking about the number one reason teens keep the faith as young adults. The article...

By: David Mathis Ah, the mystery of marriage. What an enigma, that a young, energetic man would fall head over heels for a maiden. And...

By: Janet Denison It’s our “parental instinct” to jump in between angry giants and our kids. After all, isn’t it our jobto protect them...

By: Chara Donahue I love my husband dearly, but in my opinion, he is wrong about so many things. Not because he actually is wrong – he is...

By: Leslie Schmucker For their Latin class, my middle school students were tasked with memorizing the Apostles’ Creed. What was a chore...

By: Christopher Ash One of my favorite cartoons shows a group of cavemen standing on top of a cliff, watching one of their own fall over...

By: Marci Seither When Scott, our middle son, was leaving after a visit home, he told his father and I, “You might as well know I have a...

By: David Kyle Foster Part of the understanding of the "Why?" of this mystery can be found in the understanding of covenant, which is the...

By: Joannie DeBrito, Ph.D., LCSW, LMFT Nearly two decades later, the sights, sounds and smells remain etched in my mind. I was a first...

By: Gary Thomas In my boyhood days, our family had a dog that loved to chase cars. One fateful afternoon, she finally caught one and was...

By: Janet Denison Have you seen the powerful video by Nature Valley? If there were a way to send it to every parent’s computer, I would...

By: Jeff Kemp My wife, Stacy, was viewing our son's wedding slideshow when I insisted on interrupting her to clarify a bill I was paying....

By: Ginger Kolbaba One late summer day, I stood in the tiny dorm room that would be my home for the next nine months and stared at the...

By: Cara Joyner You hear a lot of advice before you get married. "Keep a date night." "Never go to bed angry." "Make your relationship...

By: Daniel P. Huerta It’s one of the most common parenting questions, especially for young parents. The topic charges emotions and often...

By: Verily Magazine I have a recurring fantasy that involves a beach, a margarita, and, most importantly, a hunky husband. You know that...

By: Bill Farrel Marcus and Mandy had just figured out how to parent 3-year-old Sarah when her brother, Sam, came along. Creative and...