Parenting: Love is the Answer
The primary factor in raising children is love. If parents can just learn to treat their children with love and consideration, the children will feel loved and secure. Most parents can’t be with... Read More »
Thoughts on Mothers and Motherhood
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. –William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), British Novelist The role of a mother is probably the most important career a woma... Read More »
Marriage: Who Should Make the Changes?
Q: My husband and I have very different personalities. One way this is manifested is in how we show affection to each another. I like to express my love by giving little presents or cards. I secretly ... Read More »
Never out of Style, From Jesus on Motherhood
Old-fashioned motherhood never goes out of style because it’s all about love. I made people to need love, and I intended for them to first experience that love through their mothers. Mothers are... Read More »
A Father’s Agonizing Decision
At the beginning of a church service, the pastor briefly introduced his guest speaker. An elderly man stepped up to the pulpit and told this story: “A father, his son, and a friend of his son we... Read More »
My Little Girl
By Beth Jordan: I don’t know if it is the same for all first-time mothers, but nothing holds my interest like watching my little girl. Her facial expressions, the excitement in her eyes, her cu... Read More »
Jam to Remember
By Claire Nichols: I used to struggle more often than I wanted to admit to really enjoy my children. Sure, many little unexpected happenings turned to happy thoughts later–the sorts of things t... Read More »
The Judgment
A woman once enumerated her husband’s faults to a divorce court judge. She simply couldn’t live with “that man” one day more, she said. On and on she went. Finally she paused t... Read More »
Freeing Your Marriage from Familiarity
Q: My wife and I have been married for 11 years, and though we still love each other, our relationship has grown stale. What can we do to put the magic back into our marriage? A: When most couples vow... Read More »
Marriage Is …
What is marriage? It’s a union, first of all. It’s a uniting, two hearts becoming one. Marriage is companionship and friendship. It’s being together, acting together, doing things to... Read More »