Marriage Meditation โ€“ The Fruit of the Spirit Is Kindness

By Bill Arbuckle Photo by Emma Bauso from Pexels Kindness is "goodness in action." You spouse has areas in his or her life where they need to see your kindness. Are you willing to give it? Getting Started Watch todayโ€™s Marriage Meditation video.Read todayโ€™s Marriage devotion.Share todayโ€™s question with your spouse. Todayโ€™s Video https://youtu.be/rO0Eon8V9_o Todayโ€™s … Continue reading Marriage Meditation โ€“ The Fruit of the Spirit Is Kindness

3 promises for your college bound child

Written by Susie Hawkins Photo by LinkedIn Sales Navigator from Pexels Itโ€™s that time of the year when parents whose kids are college bound are busy preparing them for dorm or apartment life.  Itโ€™s a never ending list of needsโ€”purchase bedding, clothing, new electronics, updated computers, phones, and a hundred other necessary items.   But the … Continue reading 3 promises for your college bound child

Marriage Meditation โ€“ The Fruit of the Spirit Is Goodness

By Bill Arbuckle Photo by Helena Lopes from Pexels The fruit of the Spirit is goodness. What does goodness look like in our marriage? (Hint: It might be tougher than youโ€™d think!) Getting Started Watch todayโ€™s Marriage Mediation video.Read todayโ€™s Marriage devotion.Share todayโ€™s question with your spouse. Todayโ€™s Video https://youtu.be/q36d41yeSWY Todayโ€™s Devotion Scripture Reading Galatians … Continue reading Marriage Meditation โ€“ The Fruit of the Spirit Is Goodness

Confident, Selfless, Grounded: Helping Tween and Teen Daughters Navigate Friendships

By Jessie Minassian Photo by Hannah Nelson from Pexels A girl grounded in her identity will still feel discouraged when she doesnโ€™t have the relational connections she craves, but a lack of friends wonโ€™t define her. And it wonโ€™t destroy her. And if sheโ€™s practicing confidence and selflessness, the lonely seasons wonโ€™t last forever. Did … Continue reading Confident, Selfless, Grounded: Helping Tween and Teen Daughters Navigate Friendships

Missed milestones in the midst of mayhem

Written by Lisa Tyson Photo by Joshua Mcknight from Pexels I have never hatedโ€”I mean really hatedโ€”a word before. A word is simply a word, it has no real power. But this word, I hate it.  While I had heard this word before, and probably even used it, I had never really given it extra … Continue reading Missed milestones in the midst of mayhem

How to avoid over drafting your teenagerโ€™s emotional bank account

Written by Judy McCarver Photo by NEOSiAM 2020 from Pexels I have three young adult daughters, ages twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-three.  By all appearances, they seem to be on a productive and functional path to adulthood. Perhaps this is due to a lot of hard parenting work, but even more, it is by the grace … Continue reading How to avoid over drafting your teenagerโ€™s emotional bank account

Give grace, for goodnessโ€™ sake

Written by Amy Parker Enter grace One day last week, the woman in front of us at the grocery store was taking for . . . ev . . . er. After the cashier scanned a cartload of groceries, there was some glacially paced issue with processing her check.  When they determined that they couldnโ€™t … Continue reading Give grace, for goodnessโ€™ sake