Them Before Us – The Fight for Children’s Rights
Them Before Us – The Fight for Children’s Rights By Glenn T. Stanton Children have the right to be loved by his or her own married biological or adoptive mother and father. But the trends of divorce, artificial reproductive technology/surrogacy, and same-sex marriage and parenting intentionally robs every child they touch of the daily love […]
Understanding Childhood Trauma Changes Everything
Understanding Childhood Trauma Changes Everything By Jayne Schooler Children who have been in foster care, like Susie were wounded most in the context of interpersonal relationships, and they will heal only in the context of healthy, nurturing, interpersonal relationships. Every Tuesday afternoon, seven-year-old Susie comes to Fire-Up, an after-school program at a church in her […]
Some Important Qualities to Look for in a Christian Wife
Some Important Qualities to Look for in a Christian Wife By Joshua Rogers To the young men who want to pursue a woman they will still be glad they married after seven years, here are some suggestions. When I was single, I had a number of qualities I was looking for in a prospective […]
Helping a Teen Girl Become a Woman
Helping a Teen Girl Become a Woman What can my husband and I do to help our teenage girl become the woman God wants her to be? In this gender-bending society, we’re especially concerned to make sure that she retains her femininity while also growing up to be a strong, well-adjusted, self-sufficient adult. Any suggestions? […]
Lifetime Love: Advice from Couples Who Made Marriage Last
Lifetime Love: Advice from Couples Who Made Marriage Last By Greg Smalley The Love Standard Charles and Sara Rippey met in grammar school: Charles was in sixth grade, Sara was in fourth. For the next 89 years, they went together like cookies and milk. They were married in 1942 — more than 75 years ago […]
How Should a Christian View Marriage and Divorce?
How Should a Christian View Marriage and Divorce? By Amy Desai, J.D. God, the Creator of humanity and of marriage itself, has laid out His plan for marriage as a lifelong union. God knows this design is the best. When we stray from His plan, the results are damaging on many levels. Unfortunately, many Christians […]
Why and How to Pursue a Healing Separation
Why and How to Pursue a Healing Separation By Erin Smalley “I want a divorce.” Carol finally said the words to Ron. She had had enough. Ron was not going to continue to ignore her issues and dismiss her feelings. She was finally going to be free from his anger. She thought about her coworker […]
Working Moms Need Friends, Too
Working Moms Need Friends, Too By Juli Slattery “What do you want to do this weekend?” my husband asked.Without thinking, I shot back, “I want to find some friends.”I was lonely. We had relocated our family from the familiar surroundings of Ohio to Colorado nearly a year and a half before. Though the move was […]
Women in the Workplace
Women in the Workplace By Shaunti Feldhahn Find support as you nurture your family and earn an income. I looked at the silent circle of women seated in the coffee shop around me. We had been laughing together before I asked the question that changed the atmosphere of the group. “Do you know how to […]
