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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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Preparing for the Holidays

Hope for the Holidays

How Families Can Heal from Hurt and Find Hope for the Holidays

As you prepare for the holidays, consider how God might be calling you to experience Him this season.

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How to Make the Holidays Meaningful and Enjoyable for Children in Foster Care

Christmas is right around the corner. Here are a few tried and true ways to connect with children in foster care this holiday season.

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No-Stress Grandparenting During the Holidays

Explore these 7 ways to approach the Christmas season so you can enjoy and focus on grandparenting during the holidays.

Rethinking Christmas Wish Lists

Help your teen move from receiving to giving — using these six simple strategies.

The Holidays for Your Sensory Sensitive Child

Simplify Christmas for kids with sensory sensitivities.

Welcome to Advent 2021

Welcome to Advent 2021

Celebrating Advent involves intentional preparation for the birth of Jesus Christ. For Christians, the Advent season reminds us not only of Jesus’ birth, but of His eternal presence and eventual second coming.

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Family Friendly Halloween Activities

These family-friendly Halloween activities are only the beginning to teaching your kids how to appropriately approach Halloween. This fall season, create new ways to bond with your kids while teaching them the importance of intentionally interacting with the people God puts in our lives.

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Our Newlywed Christmas

This young couple embraced their first Christmas season together with a sense of adventure. They chose to experience three celebrations.

Good Friday

Good Friday 2025

Dear Christian, would you never forget the payment that was required for your sin. Every piercing thorn into his skull, every flesh tearing lash of the whip, every painful gasp of air on that cursed tree, was because of your sin, and Christ’s immeasurable love to endure it.

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5 Ways to Overcome Holiday Stress This Christmas

The holidays can be a stressful time. Here are 5 ways to overcome holiday stress this year.

Single Parent During the Holidays

When the Holidays Hurt: 3 Ways Single Parents Can Cope

When your family is broken, the holidays hurt. Here are three ways single parents can cope during the holiday season.

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3 Gifts for Your Spouse This Christmas

Though I may juggle more activities at the end of the year, I can make time with my spouse and be fully present when we spend time together.

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Advent Devotionals for Couples: Week 4 – Love

All lovers know there is a price for love. And God – who is love – knows more than anyone else the cost of great love.

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Advent Devotionals for Couples: Week 3 — Filled with Advent Joy

What difference might the joy of seeing Christ make in your home?

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Advent Devotionals for Couples – Week 2: Advent Preparation and Waiting for Jesus

Though He came to earth already, we’re waiting for Jesus to return. Waiting is difficult but not passive. It should involve preparation.

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Have a Couple’s Christmas

Remember you are a couple first and parents second. (Don’t let the kids have all the fun!) Here are a few tips to help you have a great couple’s Christmas.

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Advent Devotionals for Couples – Week 1: Advent Hope

Focus on the Family invites you and your spouse to celebrate Advent. To pause from the hectic pace of the holiday season and remember those who waited for God’s promised Son, to hope in His Word and to rest in His love.

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Advent Devotionals — Readings for Couples

Focus on the Family invites you and your spouse to celebrate Advent. To pause from the hectic pace of the holiday season and remember those who waited for God’s promised Son, to hope in His Word and to rest in His love.

Holiday Stress Between Parents and Young Adults

Holiday stress between parents and young adult children may occur when both parties have different expectations about the holidays. But that stress can be relieved.

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Traveling With a Toddler or Baby

When traveling with young children, it’s helpful to consider their developmental needs whether you are driving or flying or just on-the-go.