According to a recent report from the Family Research Council, 55 percent of teenagers live in families where their biological parents have rejected one another. Of the 12.8 million teenagers ages 15-17 in the U.S. in 2008, 7 million were living with one birth parent only, with a birth parent and a stepparent, with two cohabiting parents, or with...... >Read More

Tags: child of divorce, children, divorce, families, grief, guilt, parents, relationships, separation, sex and love, teenagers

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April 12th, 2009 forced a change in my life. I remember making my way across the darkened parking lot and slipping in behind the wheel of my car in silence. Rain slipped down the windshield and I opened the window ever so slightly, hoping that the chilled air would remind me to breathe.  For 10 days I had sat... >Read More

Tags: adult children, better parenting, challenges & conflicts, change, character development, communication, death, divorce, family issues, hardship & suffering, healthy marriage, improving your marriage, job los, Joyce Simmons, new career, out of your control, parenting essentials, priorities, protecting your marriage, relationships, resolving conflict, Self, teens, values

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Kids. Sex. Money. According to therapists, these are the most common topics married couples argue about.  After recently talking with a number of counselors and clergy about common marriage problems they’re dealing with, Facebook should be added to that list.  In fact, Facebook is one of the most popular relationship conflicts for today’s married...... >Read More

Tags: arguments, Culture, divorce, Facebook, fighting, internet, marriage, men and women, relationships, World

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67% of first time marriages go the distance. I was reading a report on divorce statistics from StatsCan and this fact jumped off the page.  It seemed to contradict a much repeated statistic that 50% of marriages end in divorce.  So which one is true?  Well, they both are actually. Two of every three new marriages will indeed last for... >Read More

Tags: blended family, challenges & conflicts, commitment, divorce, FamilyLife, fighting for, first marriage, healthy marriage, marriage, resolving conflict, second marriagae, Self, sex and love

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Not everyone will have a happy Thanksgiving…especially this year. Many are out of work, have issues relating to health, children and family.  Some are mourning a loved one, others are facing the holiday season as a divorcee for the first time.  What happens to thanksgiving and praise when peace disintegrates into chaos? I’ve been through...... >Read More

Tags: blessing, death, divorce, faith & spirituality, faith in hard times, Family, hope, Jesus Christ, LIFE, Lynn Mosher, spiritual disciplines, spiritual growth, thankful, Thanksgiving, tragedy

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I knew that divorce rates were higher among those whose parents had divorced, but it wasn’t until I read an article on CNN.com this morning that I realized how much higher they are. According to the article, “The risk of divorce is 50 percent higher when one spouse comes from a divorced home, and 200 percent higher risk when both... >Read More

Tags: adult children of divorce, advice, couples, divorce, help, marriage, relationships, sex and love, staying together

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Alone and discouraged, I sat staring at a computer screen. I was frustrated by the way my life had turned out. I’d worked hard to hold onto remnants of hope for my marriage, but each day that summer I could feel it slipping through my fingers.  I felt so alone.  God was still there, I knew, but there was... >Read More

Tags: Chat, chat room, Culture, divorce, friendship, healing, hope, Jesus Christ, spiritual growth, World

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