Why You Need Church
I can remember when I left a doctor’s appointment with my daughter, who had recently been diagnosed with alopecia. I waited until I had checked her in at school before…
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Surviving the Strain of Special Needs
It’s amazing that any marriage survives raising children with special needs. A relentless schedule of specialist appointments, filling out forms, meetings, unexpected hospitalizations, repetition, persistent sleep deprivation, difficult mealtimes, public…
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Children in Crisis
Lisa and Greg were missionary kids and childhood sweethearts. “We grew up with boundaries, viewing them as there to protect us, not limit us,” they explained. But their teenaged daughter…
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My Stepchild Hates Me!
During a recent life coaching session, a stepmom shared, “I’m at a loss over what to do with my eight-year-old stepdaughter. She’s made it clear she wants nothing to do…
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Your Shady Past
Here’s the scenario: You have quite a past—whether it’s drug use or alcohol or past sexual activity. Then you got married and cleaned up your life. But now your kids…
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Stepmom Comebacks
If someone’s never experienced life in a stepfamily, it’s hard to comprehend the vast complexities in the stepfamily structure, the difficulties of parenting between two homes, and the time it…
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New Daddy Secrets
• Also see New Mommy Secrets You’ve just delivered your first child and are in the throes of first-time parenthood. In the midst of this indescribable joy and overwhelming chaos,…
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New Mommy Secrets
• Also see New Daddy Secrets Husbands, your wives are already a mystery, right? Then comes your first baby. Now throw raging hormones, criminal doses of exhaustion, body pain of…
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Breaking the Hurt Legacy
The Habits We Learn We are all imperfect people. We live in a fallen world, and sin is a reality we all deal with. We all have pain and dysfunction…
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10 Things Kids Learn From Their Parents’ Marriage
10 things that I know my kids have observed…
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