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Hope Restored helped this couple hear each other better (on several levels)

Bruce and Gail have been married for 52 years and they ran their own accounting business together for 40 of them. Yet when it came to their personal relationship, they were finding it increasingly hard to communicate – in more ways than one. “I h...

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Resources • Life Challenges

How God Redeemed My Teen Pregnancy (Part 2 of 2)

Lindsay Pepin Ophus, Scarlet Pepin, Bethany Pepin

Guest: Lindsay Pepin Ophus, Scarlet Pepin, Bethany Pepin

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Life Challenges • Verbal and emotional abuse

11 telltale signs you're in a misogynistic relationship

How do you know if you are in a misogynistic relationship? Here are a few telltale signs and four types of misogynist...

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Sexual self-control can enhance sex in marriage

I've discovered that one compelling reason to have sexual self-control is that you're more likely to have a healthy s...

Marital conflict

Identify unhealthy conflict and learn new tools for being on the same team

Marriage • Impact of kids

How couples can agree on parenting issues

Disagreements about what is safe and beneficial for kids strain even the best marriages. The danger is to let differi...

Marriage • Emotional intimacy

How to find romance in the everyday

Many couples are feeling the pressure. We have to get away, make the time away count, make it spontaneous and make it...

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Parenting • Generosity

Do your adult kids really need your money?

Help with two tough decisions: when and how to offer financial assistance to your grown children

Parenting • Sexual abuse

Safeguarding kids from sexual abuse

Teach kids of all ages - from under five to 15 - the skills they need when you're not around.

Teaching kids about money

Coaching kids and teens in financial stewardship

Parenting • Step-parenting

The grandparent competition

When you compete for your grandkids' love, nobody wins.

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Life Challenges • Anxiety

5 signs that it's time to look for a counsellor

Few if any of my clients have ever regretted their decision to seek out the assistance of a licensed therapist

Verbal and emotional abuse

Identifying and finding freedom from this often overlooked relational abuse

Life Challenges • Faith building

Understanding and healing the father wound

The effect of a father wound is low self-esteem, a deep emotional pain inside and a performance orientation that make...

Life Challenges • Mental health

The symptoms of depression

Usually, depression is diagnosed when at least five of the following symptoms are present during the same time period...

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Faith and Culture • Society and culture

The four (or more) loves of C.S. Lewis

In our cultural moment, when love has come to mean sexuality before all else, C.S. Lewis’ book The Four Loves has fre...

Faith and Culture • Society and culture

The folly of following your heart

To thine own self be true. It's one of our culture’s most cherished values, restated in popular songs and feel-good m...

Science and nature

Exploring the world of scientific ideas and the wonders of creation, reflecting the glory of their Creator

Faith and Culture • Faith and religion

7 things to look for when reading through the Bible

Reading through the Bible? Here are seven things to look for that will help keep the exercise from becoming a drudger...

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