Constructing "zones" or "hedges" around marriage can help protect against temptation and appearances of impropriety.
Stepfamilies are hard no matter what your circumstances were before remarriage. Here are seven practical steps for healthy relationships.
If you don’t shape your children, with God’s help, the world will.
List of Christian literature classics that address humility and virtue.
Your special needs stepfamily can find peace and stability with time and the right tools and perspective.
A wife can help her husband be what God wants him to be by understanding his needs.
If you want a great relationship, learn to showcase your spouse.
When it’s necessary to confront and correct someone, do it in a way that puts a priority on the relationship.
Don't let another day go by without communicating admiration for your husband.
No matter what your marriage stage—newlyweds, raising young children or teenagers, empty nest with grandkids—we share some common needs as wives.
Likewise, you can strengthen your husband's self-esteem. But first you must recognize where he needs bolstering.
A list of things to pray for your husband
Your encouragement can breathe life into your husband.
A couple weeks ago, in my work here at FamilyLife, I was feeling lazy and listless, uncreative and unmotivated. Looking for some inspiration, I began reading through a pile of […]
“I sat down to type a scathing rant about gay marriage,” wrote blogger Matt Walsh. “I sat down to tell the world that gay marriage is the greatest threat to […]
Sincere love and an emotional haven are worth so much more than a perfect house and a gourmet meal.
The day we celebrate Christ’s resurrection is the day we celebrate our own.
Too often in our prayers we ask God to ease our worries and satisfy our wants before adding "in Jesus' name" as an obligatory spiritual seasoning.
These ideas will help you freshen your love life.
Here's a list of non-sexual ways to make your wife feel loved, valued, cherished, and affirmed. It will do wonders for your marriage.
Start some new traditions with your children during the holiday of love.
After His resurrection, Jesus displayed his scars with confidence, not disgrace. He understood that God often leaves the scars of our past wounds as evidence of His power.
For stepfamilies, family meetings can build much needed family traditions, create memories, and establish a working family identity.
I’m thankful for the incarnation. But without Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension, Christmas would mean nothing.
If research showed you there were five things you could do to turn a marriage around or to keep a marriage strong, and that they were easy and free, what would […]
We should be alert for the initial warning signs of unfaithfulness.
It doesn’t take long before rote prayers fragment your attention span and freeze your heart.
In the midst of my pain and self-centered complaining, I exhausted my husband and saddened God.
During this season of Advent, I’m reflecting on how our hope must rest in the fact that God is with us in the waiting.
Slow down and truly experience this special season centered around family, joy, giving, and most importantly—Jesus.