Mismatched Marriage: When One Spouse Is an Unbeliever
My wife, Leslie, and I lived a fairy-tale life. A home in an exciting, upscale neighborhood. Two beautiful children. The exhilaration and challenge ...
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A Life of Integrity
Webster’s Dictionary defines integrity as: 1: firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values: INCORRUPTIBILITY 2: an unimpaired ...
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When You Feel Hopeless
Four True Stories of Tragedy Early one March morning, Heidi, 15, and her boyfriend, Christopher, 16, decided life wasn't worth living. After a short ...
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When Teens Lose Hope
By the time she was 16, Lacey Sturm had weathered a series of crises, including a tempestuous relationship with her mum, a breakup with a boyfriend ...
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Teens and Suicide
Kristen Anderson's friends and family were aware that she was unhappy and struggling with life in high school, but none of them knew the depths of ...
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Teens and Depression
Amy glanced up from folding towels and T-shirts as her daughter shuffled through the kitchen. She sensed the sadness that weighed her daughter down, ...
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Is Your Teen Depressed?
"Do you know why I chose to drink last night?" my teenage daughter asked me at the end of a long night that all parents wish they never ...
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Understand How a Woman’s Brain is Like Spaghetti
In contrast to men's waffle-like approach, women process life more like a plate of pasta. If you look at a plate of spaghetti, you notice that there ...
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Understand How a Man’s Brain is Like a Waffle
Understanding the unique way of thinking each gender brings to your marriage can improve communication with and appreciation for your spouse. We like ...
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God designed men and women to be different in many ways
As research accumulates, it is becoming increasingly obvious that God made men and women different in many ways. They think differently, they process ...
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Popularity vs Value
The world can be a cruel place. Especially school. As a parent of 3 boys when they were in school, you wanted to protect them from the hurts their ...
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Is It Well With Your Soul
One of the many things I love about God is found in Psalm 23:3a, “He restores my soul.” In the Amplified Bible, it reads, “He refreshes and ...
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