Parenting Emerging Adults: Boundaries and Limits
Navigating a role shift when adult children move back home. A Cultural Shift Recently, my husband and I were having dinner with another couple. ...
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Are You Saying the Wrong Things to Your Adult Kids?
Understanding the motives that complicate our communication with our adult kids is necessary for strengthening our relationship with our adult kids. ...
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Five Ways for Pastors to Maintain a Healthy Family-Ministry Balance
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her.” Ephesians 5:25 Pastors understand the high calling of ...
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When Pastoral Stress Impacts the Family
“What should I do, Caroline? We have a new family coming to our church, and the couple has so many counselling needs that our own family is ...
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What to do When Your Adult Child Is Deconstructing Their Faith
When your adult child has rejected the faith he or she was raised in, as a parent it’s easy to feel helpless. Valerie sank into her favourite ...
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Understanding Teen Dating: Should My Teen Date?
If you’re a parent of teenagers, you’ve probably noticed a growing interest in your teen’s desire to date. Where do you start? What questions ...
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Conflict and the Care for the Pastor’s Soul
Bible college taught me how to exegete Scripture, but church conflict was the boot camp that taught me how to walk with the Lord. This is how I have ...
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Why You Should Attend a Pastors’ Conference with Your Spouse
After a whirlwind of packing, settling our children, and hugging everyone goodbye, it's just me and my husband, Scott. There's always a mental ...
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5 Ways for Couples to be Teammates in Marriage
If you and your spouse are going to function as teammates in marriage, you need to actually understand each other's situation and validate each ...
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Pastors: Now More Than Ever, Teach on Marriage
Now more than ever, pastors need to teach and preach on marriage. It has been nearly 7 years since our government changed the definition of marriage ...
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When Separation is the Beginning of the End
What if reconciliation proves to be impossible and divorce is inevitable? Dr. Gary Chapman offers hope to individuals starting again on their own. ...
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The gift of respect on Father’s Day
Recently, my husband, Greg, and I were attending our weekly marriage group. The food was great, the company even better . . . but I have to confess ...
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