This is Us is unabashedly real, in a manner Christian dramas may struggle to be. This is Us stitches a tapestry effect, allowing us to trace time and return to it.

I kept thinking . . . each of them was written by a person just like you, someone created in the image of God who had experienced a horrible wrong done against them.

A few positive lessons from my guilty pleasure over the last few months.

NBA star Blake Griffin may be able to afford a huge child support payment, but kids need more than that.

Whatever problems may develop, my commitment is to do whatever it takes to help my parents, respect them, and honor them.

Brava, Miss America, for eliminating a bit of the external from the ideal. And let’s not stop there. What does it look like for each of us to disregard the bigger “swimsuit competition” far deeper within?

FamilyLife’s first feature film, Like Arrows, is coming to a theater near you, but this week only!

Director Kevin Peeples explains that the project didn’t even start out as a movie.

Bob Lepine answers behind-the-scenes questions about the movie.

Everyone has a family. And every family has a story.

You can be an important and influential role in the family with a little grace and wisdom.

Over 25 years of marriage have taught my husband and me how to adjust to each other’s families.

How six adult children honored the single mother who raised them.

Rick and Judy Taylor talk about recovering from the death of their son, Kyle.

Taking care of our elderly parents is a journey into the character of Christ.

Editor’s Note: On the December 10-11, 2012, FamilyLife Today® broadcasts, host Dennis Rainey suggested the following ways for families to stay spiritually strong in today’s culture.

Many parents today feel overwhelmed by the pace at which technology is changing the American home.

When it’s necessary to confront and correct someone, do it in a way that puts a priority on the relationship.

In a divisive political season, here are thoughts on what it means to “render to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Too often what we see on social media, at a party, or even on Sunday at church in no way reflects what’s really going on in someone’s life.

We live in an age when the role of grandparents isn’t clearly defined.

It’s hard not to have control, and one thing that we can’t ever determine is what lies ahead.

Your grandchildren need you. Do not abandon them.

Don’t let fear cause you to mistreat those who are different from you.

We all need to live lives of constant repentance, recognizing that the entire Christian life is one of constant temptation to sin and simultaneous call to obey Christ.

The gospel liberates us from the mindset that sex is intrinsic to human fulfillment.

We need to be grandparents who focus on what matters, on what lasts.

As a grandparent, do you realize you are second only to the parents in your potential to impact your grandchildren spiritually?