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Parenting • Parenting

This dad turns to Focus for family-friendly content he can trust

As a father of eight children, Dean says it has always been a struggle to find entertainment everyone can enjoy – and even harder to find something appropriate to watch. “It’s becoming harder and harder and you just have to be vigilant as a paren...

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Radio Broadcast Jun 15, 2021

Resources • Marriage

Loving Your Spouse Through the Seasons of Marriage (Part 1 of 2)

Debra Fileta

Guest: Debra Fileta

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Parenting • Family and relationships

Discovering your dad superpowers

Hone your natural skills for deeper connections with each person in your family.

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Marriage • Communication

5 languages of apology

Whether you’re in your first year of marriage or you’ve been married for decades, it’s never too late to learn what y...

Married with kids

Nurturing your marriage when planning a family, raising young children and guiding them to independence

Marriage • Communication

3 qualities necessary for overcoming marital distress

While some couples find a way through on their own, many feel stuck. So, what differentiates someone who stays simply...

Marriage • In-laws

The laws of in-laws

Leaving and honouring sets the stage for a relationship of mutual respect with parents and in-laws. Even so, this kin...

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Parenting • Family and relationships

Discovering your dad superpowers

Hone your natural skills for deeper connections with each person in your family.

Parenting • Family and relationships

25 ways you can appreciate Dad

Encourage Dad by specifically identifying the ways he is doing a good job!

Encouragement for dads

Mentoring to help you thrive in your indispensable role

Parenting • Mental health

Boys forced to be stoic: Why you need to foster your son's emotional intelligence

Learn how to set your son up for an emotionally healthy life.

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Life Challenges • Boundaries

How to deal wisely with manipulative people

God won’t manipulate, control or coerce human beings into obedience. And neither should we. Here's what to do if some...

Life Challenges • Parenting

The long road to reconciliation: Seeking harmony in strained family relationships

The journey is difficult, and there’s no guarantee of reconciliation, but each woman is striving to live out the love...

Grief

Biblically based and psychologically sound advice for processing loss

Life Challenges • Anxiety

What we can do with our anxiety during a pandemic

We are not in acute, sudden danger nor are most of us completely unable to function. But we may fall somewhere on the...

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Faith and Culture • Society and culture

In search of Leviathan, and the majesty of God

Was Leviathan a metaphorical image or an actual living beast that prowled the seas in ancient times? The short answer...

Faith and Culture • Faith and religion

Five Old Testament books you should get to know better

In Judaism, the books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations and Esther form a unit that's part of regula...

Women of faith

Inspiring and empowering stories of women in the Scriptures, church history and contemporary culture

Faith and Culture • Society and culture

Navigating bioethical issues with intelligence and grace

Human exceptionalism isn’t an abstract religious construct. The Imago Dei is attested in Scripture, nature, conscienc...

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