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Staying Close When You Can’t Be Together
Maintaining friendships when you can't be together isn't easy. Now, thanks to a pandemic and nationwide shutdown, all our friendships feel long distance.
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Toxic People and How to Respond
Having fantasy arguments in your head or Facebook fights with toxic people? It's tiring! But defending your reputation might not be worth your time.
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What God Really Thinks about Women
"I think the bottom line is that God just doesn’t like women," my friend shared her frustration. But is that the truth about us?
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Girl, You Can Be Fierce: The Allure of Rache...
What is it about Rachel Hollis that makes her so appealing to hundreds and thousands of women? I get why she satisfies and why she doesn't.
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Ladies, Find Your Beauty in God’s Eyes
Society tells women they are not naturally beautiful. But what does God say?
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Words Can Be Toxic; Masculinity Is Not
Toxic masculinity, the new term in vogue powering today’s cultural discussion, is concerning. The answer certainly cannot be vilifying masculinity.
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How Marie Kondo Helped My Tupperware Drawer...
At first I found the KonMari tidying method to be humorous. But my husband says it’s attractive to him when I clean and organize our home.
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Lose the Toxic, Not the Masculinity
The Gillette ad is just the latest in a series of negative narratives featuring men.
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70 Things We Love About Grandpa
Donna Reish wanted to make her father's seventieth birthday extra special.
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Tribute to Ron and Cleve Boehi
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Caring for Older Parents: Heeding the Fifth...
Whatever problems may develop, my commitment is to do whatever it takes to help my parents, respect them, and honor them.
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The Role of a Stepgrandparent
As a stepgrandparent, you can be an important and influential role in the family with a little grace and wisdom.
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“Just Get Used to It”
Over 25 years of marriage have taught my husband and me how to adjust to each other’s families.
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Realities of the Caregiving Journey
Taking care of our elderly parents is a journey into the character of Christ.
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“We Will Be a Family”
How six adult children honored the single mother who raised them.
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The Art of a Loving Rebuke
When it’s necessary to confront and correct someone, do it in a way that puts a priority on the relationship.
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Grandparent Boundaries
We live in an age when the role of grandparents isn’t clearly defined.
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A Woman’s Greatest Fear?
It’s hard not to have control, and one thing that we can’t ever determine is what lies ahead.
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4 Steps Grandparents Can Take When Relations...
Your grandchildren need you. Do not abandon them.
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Passing on a Heritage of Faith to Your Grand...
We need to be grandparents who focus on what matters, on what lasts.
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The Incredible Importance of Grandparenting
As a grandparent, do you realize you are second only to the parents in your potential to impact your grandchildren spiritually?
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From Homelessness to Hope
At the Atlanta Mission, men are learning from the Stepping Up video series that the first step to transformation is a willingness to change.
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14 Ways to Leave a Spiritual Legacy to Your...
How will your grandchildren remember you?
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5 Assignments God Gives to Men
When a man lives up to his role, life-giving things start to happen.
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Remembering Truett Cathy
Chick-fil-A’s founder was a true patriarch for Jesus Christ.
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Creative Ways to Teach Your Grandchildren Ab...
As grandparents, we’ve been given a wonderful opportunity to influence our grandchildren.
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The Courage of America’s Founding Fath...
On July 4, 1776, 56 men stepped up to pass a resolution that would cost many of them greatly in the years to come.
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My Two Incredible Mothers
Hardly a day goes by when I don't think of my mother and my mother-in-law and the influence they had on my life.
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He Changed His Last Name
Thirty years after his mother's death, Rob Smith found an unusual way to honor her.
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Manly Men Guard Their Territory
The key to powerful manhood is taking responsibility for the field assigned to you.
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The Amazing Power of Honoring Your Parents
When I hear stories like this, I realize that the commandment to honor our parents is far more important, and far more powerful, than most of us realize.
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Men Encouraging Men
I know the power of community and I know the emotions of walking this journey alone.
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My Daughter-in-Law, My Best Friend
Three essentials to sharing the kind of covenant love that Ruth and Naomi had.
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What Makes a Woman Significant?
The story of Mary of Nazareth illustrates that true identity is not found in a job, a spouse, a child, a position, or a possession.
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Obsessed With Being Thin?
Our culture today has influenced many women to see themselves solely in the context of how they look.
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Manly Men and Unmanly Men
Something good that God has placed within every male remains unreleased in most men.
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12 Things Your Mother-in-Law Wants to Tell Y...
I am not perfect. Let's both assume that the other is doing the best she can.
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The Best Gift You Can Give Your Parents
Have you honored your parents for what they've done well?
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14 Things Your Daughter-in-Law Wants to Tell...
Good mamas want their kids to have good marriages.
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6 Benefits of Wise Living
Modern women face tremendous challenges, and we need the same wisdom the book of Proverbs offered to ancient women.
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How Sexual Sin Emasculates Men
Jesus wants you to discover in Him what will truly satisfy your soul.
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4 Practical Ways to Honor Your Parents
Consider how you can honor your parents with more than just a store-bought card or gift.
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A Guy’s Guide to Hanging Out With Jesu...
It really is possible to have a personal, consistent relationship with God by making these three practices a priority.
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Men Should Be Investors, Not Consumers
Let’s call men to being relationship investors—guys who protect the weak, bring out the best in others, and love unconditionally.
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What My Parents Taught Me About Generosity
It seemed my folks were always helping someone.
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Women Encouraging Women
How do you find an "older woman" to encourage you?
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What Breed of Man Are You?
We need men who will say "no" to more bucks when it means sacrificing our families. A new breed who will ask the question, "How will this affect my family?"
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Tribute to Robert and Willena Joyce
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Tribute to Stanley Overby Jr
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Tribute to Don and Carol Kurtz
Tribute to my parents
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Tribute to Eileen Butler
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Tribute to Clyde Cooper
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Tribute to James and Catherine Quady
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Tribute to Carl Tull
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Tribute to John and Brenda Salyer
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Tribute to Bill and Edith White
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Tribute to Gene and Betty Eckerson
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Tribute to Barney and Mardeen Berta
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Tribute to Art and June Lindstrom
Tribute to Art and June Lindstrom, written by their daughter, Janet Logan.
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Tribute to Alan Nagel
Tribute to Alan Nagel from his son, Todd.
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The Masculine Mandate
God’s call to men can be boiled down to two basic directives.
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Thanks Dad: Letters From War
On the 70th anniversary of D-Day, "FamilyLife Today" co-host recalls his father's service and sacrifice in World War II.
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Remembering My Mom
When I think of Dalcie Rainey, I hear her contagious laughter and smell cheeseburgers sizzling in the kitchen.
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Not a Hallmark Dad
The process of forgiving my dad wasn't easy, but our relationship is now a trophy of grace and reconciliation.
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Grandchildren: Our Crowning Achievement
As grandparents we don't just have to sit around hoping that our grandchildren will receive a spiritual inheritance.
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Men Who Act Like Boys
Manhood requires us to put the lure of adolescence behind us, face upward, and step up.
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You Never Forget a Birth Day
Some of the best memories of a marriage are made when your children are born.
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How Can You Honor Parents When You Feel They...
It's not easy to honor someone who has hurt you so deeply. The natural tendency is to repay evil for evil and seek retribution.
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Healing From the Scars of Childhood
Marriage can reveal the damage of the past, but these biblical steps can help you change your heart and forgive your parents.
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Getting Along With Adult Siblings
If you have a difficult relationship with an adult brother or sister, you are not alone.
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Man Laws
Dennis Rainey and co-host Bob Lepine interviewed Byron Yawn about his new book
What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him
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Remembering the Legacy of ‘Prof’...
Dr. Howard Hendricks had a tremendous worldwide influence during a lifetime of serving Christ.
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Tribute to HD and Elizabeth Helvey
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A Tribute to Ron and Cleve Boehi
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Tribute to Eileen S Lepine
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Tribute to Hook Rainey
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Tribute to Dalcie Rainey
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Tribute to Bob and Jean Peterson
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5 Ideas for Loving Your In-Laws
Many couples start off wrong and are then burdened with poor in-law relationships for years. It will take faith to develop positive in-law relationships.
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Honoring Your Parents: Are You Helping or Hi...
Make a commitment to help your spouse honor his or her parents.
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40 Lies Women Believe
A key to experiencing freedom and joy is to replace lies with the truth of God's Word.
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The Sinister Nature of Slander
Our unleashed words can be every bit as damaging and destructive as any other kind of aggressive outburst.
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“I’m Not Worth Anything”
Women often end up in bondage to a lie they believe about themselves.
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You Form a Family, and You Join a Family
Having in-laws is not always the easiest part of marriage, but it’s one of the best and most unexpected blessings.
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Strengthening Friendships With Parents and I...
Six suggestions that will help you nurture these delicate relationships.
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5 Ways Men Need to Step Up as Husbands and F...
Like soldiers, we are called to do our duty even when the storms of life tempt us to abandon our posts.
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Portrait of a Real Man
A real man knows where he is going.
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Men Who Won’t Grow Up
My father showed me that being a man involves taking responsibility for your choices, for your family, for your community, and for the next generation.
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Courage and Fear
What it means for a man to be the spiritual protector of his family.
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You Won’t Believe How God Answered This â...
The story of an imperfect family, and how God stepped in to bring healing, forgiveness, and honor.
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