
One Enjoyable Way to Serve Together in Marriage
What ministry can all couples do together in marriage?
No matter what season you are in or how tight your budget is, there is a highly rewarding practice that brings community together and blesses everyone present, especially when your heart attitude is in the right place.

Most Helpful Gender Difference to Understand
In ninth grade, I remember listing a full page of topics to research for my term paper. This exercise revealed I was interested in psychology as most of my topics were linked to human relations. I landed on birth order, which began a journey of delighting in the study of mind, behavior, and interpersonal relationships.

10 Questions to Ask Your Kids After School
Are your kids learning in-person this year? Is the setup different from last year?
Everyone is likely in a season of transition, whether beginning homeschooling, physically sending children off to school for the first time in a year and a half, or maybe sending your oldest to kindergarten.

How is Self-Awareness Beneficial in Marriage?
What do these two marriages have in common?
He speaks to her with a harsh tone every time he is lacking sleep. Over time, his wife avoids him and shies away from connecting with him when he is tired. He has no idea why she recoils at certain times, which only fuels his anger.

How Does Your Family of Origin Affect Your Marriage?
“FOO” was a common abbreviation we were trained to use in marriage and family therapy. FOO stands for “family of origin.”
How does your FOO impact you?!

Marriage: Foundational Questions to Promote Connection
By our second date, I knew Mark Dugger was the person I would get to someday marry. Six months later, he put a ring on my finger during his epic proposal.

Gratitude in Parenting
I was driving with my girls the other day and I didn’t even realize the negative thoughts taking up space in my brain. It had been a challenging parenting morning and I was feeling defeated.

Three Friendship Lessons My Mama Taught Me
How satisfied are you with your current friendships? How would you describe the type of friend you are longing for? What words would you use to label the type of friend you are?

One Simple Way to Disciple Our Children
Discipling our children occurs as we plant seeds of faith and water or cultivate those seeds and soil, as we pray for God to make them grow and help our kids flourish!

Ten Play Ideas for Rainy Days
Summer is my favorite season! Where I live in the midwest, summer days are hot, but not too humid, and summer nights are wonderfully warm. It’s my favorite kind of weather and it provides so many options for outdoor activities!