5 Verses for Hope When You’re Suffering Alone
November 2nd, 2017

5 Verses for Hope When You’re Suffering Alone

Hannah DeMarco

My friend seemed on top of the world. From where I was standing, it looked like she had the perfect life. At church, she was always joking and laughing. Whenever anyone asked how she was doing, she’d boom: Oh, I’m great. ...

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Feel Like a Bad Parent? Find Assurance in God’s Word
June 13th, 2017

Feel Like a Bad Parent? Find Assurance in God’s Word

Dottie McLoughlin

She put her hands on her hips, and spat out, “All my friends think you’re cool, but they don’t know you like I do!” Then she turned and stomped up the steps. Ah, my first born. She was generally a rule-follower and very compliant, but I had apparently crossed ...

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Discover God’s Peace During a Family Struggle
December 6th, 2016

Discover God’s Peace During a Family Struggle

Coleen Buglino

It was the hardest decision I had ever made. I had to pack up and move to Europe in the midst of the most painful and unexpected conflict my family had ever faced. I had planned my European adventure for over a year. And as much as I ...

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How Scripture Helped Me Overcome Family Tension
July 26th, 2016

How Scripture Helped Me Overcome Family Tension

Dottie McLoughlin

What was I thinking? Well, I was thinking that a beach vacation with my adult children and their families would be a fabulous idea. And it was. But despite all of our planning and attempts to be flexible, it wasn’t always fun. We tried to play it loose ...

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Prayers to Help Manage Your Family Stress
June 21st, 2016

Prayers to Help Manage Your Family Stress

Nena Podbury

She has three sons playing on three different baseball teams and she hardly seems flustered! I watched as this mom dropped her boys off at the appropriate baseball field, spoke to each of their coaches and then operated the snack bar. I thought to myself, ...

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Prayers to Withstand Your Family Struggles
June 10th, 2016

Prayers to Withstand Your Family Struggles

Nicholas Hemming

No show has ever made me laugh harder than  Everybody Loves Raymond . The sitcom stars Ray Barone, a smart-aleck journalist who navigates an overbearing mother, a cranky wife and two energetic twins. In this family, Ray can do nothing right. Hes punished for every mistake, ...

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Bible Verses to Withstand Your Family Struggles
May 17th, 2016

Bible Verses to Withstand Your Family Struggles

Nicholas Hemming

While seated at the dinner table, you shoot your spouse a discouraged look and continue to push your food across your plate. Out of the corner of your eye, you notice your children texting, despite your constant pleas to make dinner a phone-free event. When you ask them to ...

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Bible Verses to Support Your Loved One in Need
April 19th, 2016

Bible Verses to Support Your Loved One in Need

Nena Podbury

Growing up in a Latino family, my siblings and I learned from a very early age that family is everything. We lived together, protected each other and stood together, no matter what. But this belief tested my family a few years ago when my younger sister made some ...

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