Q&A: How do I deal with my bipolar spouse?
Question: My husband has bipolar but he refuses to seek treatment. I want our marriage to work, but the strain on our relationship is becoming too ...
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5 simple ideas to have more fun in your marriage
Is your marriage fun? For a lot of people, that question is a no-brainer. “Of course we’re having fun!” they say. But for many, this question ...
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Building lasting faith in kids: Proven ideas from Sticky Faith research
The research results have been rolling in, study after study, for over ten years now, and the story they tell is a disconcerting one: nearly half of ...
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Maintaining a forgiving spirit while ministering to the broken
We are called to encourage one another and lift each other up. These days, it only takes a few minutes online to see a lot of hurting people and ...
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Communicating to teens that sex is a sacred affair
"I’m a Christian, but I don’t understand why the church creates so many rules for sex," 17-year-old Alex says. "Where in the Bible ...
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How far is too far? Helping your teen set healthy boundaries
What do I say if my teen asks, "What is outercourse? Is it sex?" The first thing for any parent to do in this situation is take a deep ...
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Navigating midlife remarriage
Ah . . . this will be a breeze. Since our kids are grown and out of the house, Dale and I thought many of the issues of blending families wouldn’t ...
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Helping your teen stay sexually pure
Question: What can we do as parents to help our teenager remain sexually pure? Answer: It all begins at home, and preferably as early as possible in ...
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Why you shouldn’t look back at past relationships
A relationship from my teen years still makes me wince whenever the girl’s name comes to mind. One day, I prayed about looking her up to tell her ...
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Q & A: “Oral sex isn’t sex”
Question: To our dismay, we recently discovered (by stumbling across a journal entry) that our daughter has been involved in oral sex. Even more ...
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Monsters and mid-terms: Helping your child cope with anxiety
For adults, stress is an inescapable fact of life. Jesus Himself acknowledged this reality over 2,000 years ago when He said, "In this world you ...
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Q&A: When visits with a step-parent disrupt kids’ behaviour
Question: When my stepchildren come back from their mother’s house, my husband and I find that it takes days to get them back into our normal ...
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