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Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, families are facing mounting pressure—tough choices, cultural confusion, and strained relationships.

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Marital Unity

Creating a Safe Marriage

Your spouse’s heart will open only when it feels safe. But what does feeling safe really mean?

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How Shift Jobs Affect Your Marriage

Shift jobs and erratic schedules make it difficult to address marriage issues. But there are ways you and your spouse can build a strong relationship.

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Serving Together in Your Community

Hurting people need Christians in their community to reach out and demonstrate the love of Christ.

Special Needs and Marriage

Building oneness in marriage is crucial when caring for others.

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Change Your Mind, Change Your Marriage

Thoughts and attitudes are like the engine of a train and our emotions and behavior are like the caboose.

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Timing Matters When Having Kids

Your timeline for having kids is important. It is worthy of careful prayer, but not hypercare.

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Getting On the Same Page About Kids

Do you and your spouse have different beliefs about starting your family – about when to get started or whether to have children at all?

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Sex Is a Relational Need

The lack of regular sex is a significant barrier to emotional connectedness and intimacy for men.

God’s Promises to Service Members and Spouses

God’s promises are solid and surprisingly applicable to military life.

Becoming One

Becoming one is something that takes effort and persistence.

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Fanning the Flame From Afar

Eight practical tips for keeping close to your spouse despite the fact you are miles apart

Preparing for Your Time Apart

You might not feel like planning, but a little inconvenience now can save a lot of heartache later.

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Devotional: External Relationships

When we choose to live our married life according to the design God has for us, it can be amazing.

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Communicating About Budgets

The number one reason for couples to develop a spending plan — a budget — is to reduce conflict in their marriage.

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Faith, Family, Friends, Finances and Food

Inter-ethnic couples face key decisions early in the marriage that establish their foundation. By intentionally attending to these decisions, they leverage their differences as strengths.

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Your Time Apart: Making it Through and Back

The goodbye is over — good for you! You’ve made it through what was most likely the toughest moment of your time apart. The next thing you have to look forward to? The reunion! Here are some tips for making it from the moment after goodbye through the readjustment period with your health, sanity and …

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Staying Married for Life

Being ‘there’ for your spouse is what being married is really about. It takes time to get to know another person. If you’re not available, it can’t happen.

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Blending Two Spiritual Lives

Loving God is a great place to build a foundation for spiritual intimacy within a marriage.

Sex is About Union

Sex Is About Union

The union between a husband and wife is ultimately beautiful because it too stands as a picture of the union between Christ and the church.

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Feelings of Doubt and Uncertainty

The adjustment from being single to being married can create feelings of loss and anxiety. Here’s how to cope.