Dive into the Word with our study on 1 Peter. “Give us each day our daily bread” (Luke 11:3). For some reason we take it all for granted. We find a few choice verses from the Bible and use them as a moniker for our lives, a slogan of sorts. We pray for guidance and hope that it brings with... >Read More

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Apparently it took God until the 21st Century to release an updated version of the seventh commandment.  According to one pastor, “Thou shalt not commit adultery” should now read, “Thou shalt not Facebook.”  After counseling roughly 20 couples with Facebook-related marriage issues, Reverend Cedric Miller has had enough.  Rev. Miller issued...... >Read More

Tags: challenges & conflict, commitment, communication, Facebook, family issues, healthy marriage, improving your marriage, internet, marriage, online affairs, priorities, protecting your marriage, relationships, resolving conflict, sex and love, values

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The story is told of a couple that grew to find little to appreciate in one another. The daily tally of things one did that annoyed and aggravated the other was a growing list. More and more they did less and less together. In desperation the woman visited a counselor and took along her journal of all the attitudes... >Read More

Tags: annoyed, commitment, communication, couples, Family, FamilyLife Favs, fight, focus, healthy marriage, improving your marriage, irrations, marriage, priorities, protecting your marriage, record of rights, relationships, resolvingn conflict, spiritual growth, values

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Have you ever met a person who refuses to make decisions together? You might ask, “What shall we have for supper?” and the uncooperative response may be, “I don’t care.  You decide.” Or you say, “I’m thinking we might take a trip to the coast this year.  What do you think?” only to hear, “Does it really matter? ... >Read More

Tags: challenges & conflicts, commitment, communication, decision making, decisions, family issues, FamilyLife Favs, healthy marriage, priorities, protecting our marriage, relationships, resolving conflict, sex and love, spouse

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It would turn out to be another fateful day.  We were all together as a family with friends at a Mountain Lodge and I took a break from all the activity to relax and read in my room. That's where my daughter's boyfriend, Dan, found me and that began the fateful part of the day. He asked if we could... >Read More

Tags: adult children, better parenting, commitment, communication, Culture, Family, healthy marriage, marriage, priorities, values, World

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Messages in bottles have been the stuff of folklore for centuries. Dying, desperate sailors have hurled them. Curious children have launched them. Nicholas Sparks wrote a novel based on them, but don’t read it—or watch the movie—unless you already have a prescription for antidepressants. The story I find most interesting about such bottles,...... >Read More

Tags: commitment, communication, family issues, family values, healthy marriage, improving your marriage, intimacy

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Messages in bottles have been the stuff of folklore for centuries. Dying, desperate sailors have hurled them. Curious children have launched them. Nicholas Sparks wrote a novel based on them, but don’t read it—or watch the movie—unless you already have a prescription for antidepressants. The story I find most interesting about such bottles,...... >Read More

Tags: commitment, communication, family issues, family values, healthy marriage, improving your marriage, intimacy

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