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Discipline: It Sounds Like a Bad Word, but It Can Have Good Fruit!

Written by Todd Carey

Our children won’t believe it, but disciplining them is truly hard on their loving parents. Here’s a look at how determined, consistent, loving discipline can yield the peaceable fruit...

The Welcoming Gift

Written by Becky Bennett

Life produces plenty of opportunities to meet new people. Spending time with new people at church is one of the more special and enjoyable ones! If church is the way it should be, most of us look...

Happily Ever After

Written by Ginny Morris

The fairy tales all end the same way. But in real life, there’s more to the story. It’s the classic ending: The ugly dragon slain at last, Eleanor ran into Charles’s arms,...

Trying to Put Christ Back in Christmas?

Written by Erica Bennett

Is it possible? ’Tis the season for nonstop Christmas music at the grocery store, for colorful lights strung outside homes, for red and green sprinkled cookies, for Santas in big red suits...

A World Forever Changed: Caring for Elderly Parents

Written by Karen Meeker

An estimated 795,000 strokes occurred in the United States in 2010, often during sleep. The victims awoke to a world that had forever changed. So had the lives of their loved ones. When Margaret...

Thoughts About Thoughts

Written by Rebecca Keener

The Bible encourages us to control our thoughts and actions. But sometimes it seems our thoughts are controlled by our emotions. What can we do about that? “For the weapons of our warfare...

Power Struggles Aren’t Just a Problem for Tiger Mothers

Written by Becky Bennett

One of 2011’s most-talked-about books is a good reminder to parents to avoid unnecessary conflict over control. But the answer to dealing with this kind of battle is not complete surrender....

Appreciation for Grandparents!

Written by Nancy Diraison

Families are often spread out today, but grandparents are still very important. Lately I have felt a special joy hearing about and watching grandparents who are able to share in the arrival of...

Guns, Germs and God

Written by Joshua Travers

Some people accuse God of not being involved in world affairs. How true is that? Have you ever wondered what forces shaped human history? What is it that determined that the United States and...