Blog for Christian Families, Parenting, & Marriage

There are few topics that raise questions and concern in parents quite like that of how to protect children online.As a parent of younger kids, I haven’t run across many ...

Fall is a lovely time of year – a time when God paints beautiful landscapes all around us. Here in Northern Michigan, our fall change of colors is simply breathtaking… ...

It can be hard to find clean teen fiction, but we’ve made your search easier this week as we celebrate Teen Read Week! Give teens books filled with exciting adventures ...

Celebrate Teen Read Week this week by giving your teens a great book for deepening their faith and changing their life from the inside out! Teen Read Week is a ...

Encouraging children to share their faith with others is important, but sometimes forgotten. The pace of life can go faster than we intend and though we mean to invite others ...

“I really want to kiss you right now.”There is probably no other phrase that can get a heart to flutter more. To some, a kiss is just a kiss, but ...

How to Pray for Children Using ScripturesThis is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. — 1 John ...

It’s my favorite time of year! Fall is here and we couldn’t be more excited. We celebrate each season with a special recipe, craft, and book. With it being fall, ...

Several months ago, I wrote about teaching your children the importance of a sincere apology. But what if your little one is the one receiving the apology? How can we ...

You’ve heard the expression, ‘Think before you speak’ a hundred times, and probably shrugged it off just like that other insightful phrase, ‘Your face will freeze like that if you’re ...

Sibling rivalry can stir up so many images in a person’s mind, but the reality is sibling rivalry looks completely different from family to family. My sister and I were ...

As a child, my mother would tuck my siblings and I into bed each night around 8pm. The routine would fluctuate slightly, but always end the same.We might have indulged ...

It’s easy to fall into the trap of labeling kids. Even if you tend to be an incredibly positive person, you might have gotten yourself caught in a swirl of ...

Teaching older siblings to care for younger children is especially important to my family. My four children’s ages span a range of about eight years. My oldest is closing in ...

For me becoming a mom was the fruition of a lifelong dream. I used to wonder why women would talk about needing a break, needing some mom time. I thought ...

There’s nothing worse than forced, family nights! I can hear that parent now, “You will have fun whether you like it or not!”I don’t want to have to twist my ...