The Marriage and Family Blog

Righteous parenting might not be a phrase you are familiar with. However, it’s simply raising godly children to the best of your ability. Biblical parenting means using the Bible as your guide. So, ho...

As I eagerly look forward to the weeks ahead – leading to and surrounding Christmas, my perspective has changed a bit with having adult children. Holidays are now shared between us and our in-law’s re...

We would all agree that building a successful family takes love. But what about faith? Faith sometimes falls by the wayside. However, it is faith that will keep us going when the hard times come. 

Th...

Last week the little town I live in put on a Christmas Extravaganza! The Middle School and High School Student Councils (which I am one of the advisors of) and the town businesses came together to cre...

I have heard many opinions through the years on whether or not Christians should celebrate or participate in Halloween. Many of you who read the title of this blog might have cringed at the subject ma...

I am dedicating this month to moms - moms of every age and stage in their mothering journey. As I began to write this blog, I had not intended to talk about the heart-break of motherhood. However, I b...

The biggest lie ever taught is, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." I think it's fair to say we have all proved this little saying false.

Words can be used to build ...

As I am writing this, my husband and I are driving back from dropping our second child off at college. (Update: We now have two kids married, and the "baby" will be married in June) If you have gone t...