Marriage Meditation: The Fruit of the Spirit is Patience
It’s easy to be angry. But God challenges us to live differently. Galatians 5:22-23 tells us “The fruit of the Spirit is … patience.” Getting ...
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Marriage Meditation – The Fruit of the Spirit is Kindness
Kindness is "goodness in action." You spouse has areas in his or her life where they need to see your kindness. Are you willing to give it? ...
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Fun family faith activities
Researchers affirm what Christian families have known intuitively for years: Families that eat together, pray together and play together are ...
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The pervasive influence of passivity
What would you say is the greatest struggle most men face? If you’d asked me in my single 20's, I’d have said lust. In my early 40's, as a father ...
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Good parents, prodigal kids
Arianna was heartsick over the immoral choices her adult son was making. She asked him where he saw Jesus in all of them. “I’m having to rethink ...
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Reflections of a father in pain
Over the last several weeks, as people across the world have started to be impacted by Covid-19, I've found myself thinking that for us as a family, ...
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Bible reading in marriage is transformational
I was with a married couple in my counselling office. Near the end of the session, we discussed the spiritual aspect of their relationship. “We ...
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Destructive conflict: Recognise it. Stop it.
“Danger. Pesticides. Keep people, especially children and pets away from the area being treated,” read the signs posted along the path. I swung ...
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What is Faith?
I’ll never forget the day when my wife and I drove our oldest daughter, Chrystal, to university. She was technically an adult, but I still saw a ...
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How to pray for our children
Prayer offers an amazing opportunity for us to see God work in the lives of our children. During my Scripture reading one day, the Lord drew my ...
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Learning from the prayer life of Jesus
Luke 11:1 reads, “One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just ...
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How you can help your teens live out their faith
“I prayed for my band director tonight.” My 14-year-old son, Eli, tossed his saxophone in the back of the van and slid into the passenger seat. ...
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