This Valentine's Day, one thing will say "I love you" better than any card, outlive any flower and be remembered longer than any romantic dinner. Pray for your spouse. In my wedding vows, I committed to pray daily for my husband, and the most effective way he communicates love to me is when he prays for me. Keeping a journal of our prayer requests...

Does prayer feel uncomfortable? Does it feel awkward to pray with your husband? Discomfort was my barrier to overcome. I felt Jim was too grand and way too mature in how he prayed to God. I felt he needed to impress God instead of simply talk to Him. Jim would pray like this: Oh, Holy and Gracious Father, I throw myself down upon Thee. Thou knowest...

When I asked my husband to share with me his deepest fears, one of the things he mentioned was the fear of not being a good father. “I believe it’s something men in general tend to fear,” he said. “We get so caught up in doing what we do in our work that we’re afraid we haven’t done enough with our children. Or we’re afraid we haven’t...

Kim Haller’s life seemed picture perfect – as a well-rounded teenager, she won a teen beauty pageant, and eventually went on to marry a professional hockey player, with whom she is raising two beautiful daughters. Recently she even embarked on a career in music. She had been a believer all her life, but happiness eluded her … that is, until...

I would like to tell you about my spiritual journey. I came from a good family, but somehow that didn't seem to be enough I grew up poor in a rural area of the U.S. My parents were moral, good-living people but did not attend church. My only sister and I did go with other relatives and I was even baptized when I was 9. I really didn't know...