The days of childhood are fleeting and the clock is ticking faster than most families realize. When children are small, the days feel long and the nights […]
Families today face an array of challenges that threaten their unity, well-being, and spiritual health. As a counselor and a minister, I’ve seen how these issues can […]
The Modesto Bee and News-Herald reported in 1978 that Thomas Hansen of Boulder, Colorado sued his parents for $350,000 on grounds of “malpractice of parenting.” Mom and […]
I’ve been counseling people, both as a minister and a counselor, for close to 40 years and throughout that time, there have always been struggles in marriages […]
You may have heard the saying that there are no perfect churches (there aren’t), but if you actually found one the minute you joined it would become […]
It was all the way back in 1978 that the Modesto Bee and News-Herald reported the story about Thomas Hansen of Boulder, Colorado who was suing his […]
Whenever you have two or more human beings in the same space, at some point you will have conflict. That’s because we’re imperfect (more specifically, sinful) beings […]
Just as many individuals do, families will often fail to address their dysfunction by denying there are any problems. And just as with individuals, when families pretend […]
If you surveyed “average Americans” about what their family spends its time on, you’d likely hear their time is devoured by careers, children’s school activities, and chores […]
The people who have the greatest spiritual influence in the lives of children, and are the primary “pastors” to children, are parents. That’s the way God intended […]