What do you crave? For Esther, it’s always been happiness. She chased after it in parties, in fashion and relationships. It worked for a while. But one day a police car hit her mother, badly injuring her and Esther’s heart broke. She used the unfairness of what had happened as the justification for a string of bad decisions. Where... >Read More

Tags: bad decisions, bad things happen, car accident, cravings, happiness, parties, Power to Change Students, relationships, what do you crave

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Okay, that's a really corny title, but I've been thinking for a while about the verse in Song of Solomon which says, "Do not awaken love until it is ready." I think some of us have let our love be awakened too early, or too abruptly, and so it never really woke at all. Several routes to this disastrous awakening exist. The first... >Read More

Tags: intimacy, marriage, rekindle love, relationships, Romance & Sex, sex, sex and love, sex problems, sex resources, sexual intimacy, sexual problems, virginity, wife, wives, Women

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The Top 10 Gifts You Shouldn’t Buy Your Wife This Christmas OK, let’s be honest. Sometimes men are bad at choosing gifts. Your intentions are good, but pick the wrong gift and you send the wrong message. So before you go out and buy a present for your wife, girlfriend or whoever that lovely lady is in your life, be... >Read More

Tags: Christmas, Culture, laurie wang, Men, relationships, sex and love, wife

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My early morning jog seemed colder than normal. I felt chilled to the bone, so I stayed in the hot shower a bit longer than usual.  I had almost exhausted the hot water supply when I finally turned off the taps. Through the curtains my husband handed me a towel.  As I wrapped the fresh white towel around my shivering... >Read More

Tags: Christmas, Doris Douma Born, FamilyLife Canada, gifts, healthy marriage, husband, improving your marriage, love, marriage, marriage conference, Men, newlywed, protecting your marriage, relationships, remarriage, romance, sex and love, wife, Women

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You know there’s some lines of thought that are so destructive when it comes to parenting. Destructive line of thought #1: I’ll work hard now and be able to play later. One line of thought is this: Well I’ll work hard now and be able to play later. You know what? That’s a delusion. I’ve hardly ever met a business... >Read More

Tags: creative parenting, Family, forgiveness, Josh McDowell, parenting, quality time, relationships, Spend time with your children, too busy

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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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