Is family estrangement becoming a trend in modern society?
Author Keith Miller tells of an outgoing 40-year-old woman who was part of a sharing group he led. Here is her story: “When I was a tiny […]
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Mar
2026
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Family
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Mar
2026
The request for family counseling has been exploding and here’s what’s driving the demand …
Millions of Americans are finding that the walls of their own homes no longer provide a break from the pressures of life, as the conflict inside the […]
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Feb
2026
The clock is ticking on time together much faster than most families realize …
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 […]
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Aug
2024
15 of the most serious issues families are struggling with in 2024 …
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 […]
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Feb
2024
The number one issue American parents have for their children …
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 […]
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Feb
2024
What are families struggling with in 2024? Take a look at top issues being reported …
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 […]
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Jan
2024
Being a dysfunctional family is no laughing matter …
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 […]
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Aug
2022
25 common issues troubling families in 2022 …
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 […]
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Aug
2022
It’s petty things that are the source of most family squabbles …
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 […]
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Jan
2020
How a brutal obituary tore back the curtain on one family’s dysfunction …
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 […]