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Marriage

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Marriage
Forming New Habits for Your Marriage (Part 2 of 2)
Sep 10, 2025 Randy Schroeder
Marriage
100+ great date ideas
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

We’ve come up with some fun, romantic ways to spend time with your spouse. Check back often to see our new date ideas!

Marriage
Forming New Habits for Your Marriage (Part 1 of 2)
Sep 9, 2025 Randy Schroeder
Marriage
100+ marriage tips
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

We’ve come up with some practical ways to help strengthen your marriage. Check back to see our new ideas!

Marriage
Managing expectations in your marriage this holiday season
Written by Pam Woody

It was supposed to be the most...

Marriage
I Choose You Today
Deb Dearmond
Marriage
Best of 2025: How to Have Meaningful Conversations with Your Spouse
Dec 8, 2025 Dr. Heather and Mr. Ashley Holleman
Marriage
How to keep business travel from killing your marriage
Written by Dr. Greg Smalley

Randy and Kim* were dumbfounded when friends said they were...

Marriage
Forming New Habits for Your Marriage (Part II of II)
Aug 22, 2025 Randy Schroeder
Marriage
Heart Talk: The way to true intimacy in marriage
Written by Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley

The most powerful way to be seen and known (true intimacy) is...

Marriage
10 Choices for a Better Marriage
Ron Welch
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Marriage
Free video series
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Helpful and practical advice from noted Christian experts

Parenting

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Parenting
Standing up to covert bullying
Written by Camryn Munday

This invisible mistreatment is widespread, difficult to identify, and immensely damaging – but that doesn’t mean it’s hopeless.

Parenting
Tips for communicating with teens: Your responsibility to communicate well
Written by Focus on the Family

This is the first article in a...

Parenting
Hope for parents of prodigal children
Written by Joannie DeBrito

Over the past several years, I’ve listened as many parents of...

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Marriage
Free video series
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Helpful and practical advice from noted Christian experts

Parenting
Work-life balance: Nurturing families in today’s world
Written by Dr. Richard A. Swenson

Futurists of the 1960s...

Parenting
Teach Your Child How to Have Meaningful Conversations
Sep 22, 2025 Dr. Heather and Mr. Ashley Holleman
Parenting
Preparing teens for healthy dating
Written by Danny Huerta

As a parenting expert and therapist, I often get asked the question, “Should my teen date?” It’s...

Parenting
Braving Middle School Like a Boss
Aug 25, 2023 Jonathan Catherman, Reed Catherman, Cole Catherman
Parenting
Listening to the Heart of Your Kids
Sep 2, 2024 Becky Harling
Parenting
Protecting Your Child from Online Dangers
Nov 3, 2025 Mandy Majors

Life Challenges

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Testimony
Focus on the Family Canada supported this woman through her husband’s autism diagnosis
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Gina* was at an extended...

Life Challenges
It's Better to Bite Your Tongue Than Eat Your Words
Dr. Mike Bechtle
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Life Challenges
The Language of Love, Revised & Updated
Gary Smalley, John Trent
Life Challenges
Sexual trauma and its effect on marriage
Written by Aline-Vanya Guillaume

“I was seven years old. Or maybe eight?” she...

Life Challenges
Best of 2024: Deepening Your Relationships with Thoughtful Conversation
Dec 16, 2024 Heather Holleman
Life Challenges
Deepening Your Relationships with Thoughtful Conversation
Aug 19, 2024 Heather Holleman
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Life Challenges
Free digital booklets
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Biblically based and psychologically sound advice for mental health and relationships

Life Challenges
Five newlywed pitfalls
Written by Suzanne Gosselin

My husband of three days stood in stunned silence at my sudden outburst of tears as we...

Life Challenges
ADHD and marriage: How to handle common conflict patterns
Written by Christy Billings

When Tim and Marcy* started...

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Marriage
Free video series
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Helpful and practical advice from noted Christian experts

Faith And Culture

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Faith and Culture
The highest value of education
Written by Subby Szterszky

One day back in Grade 9, our math teacher confessed something to the class that many of us had...

Faith and Culture
Does faith reduce divorce risk?
Written by Glenn T. Stanton

This article examines research on the relationship between faith and the divorce rate in the...

Faith and Culture
The Thriving Family Podcast Season 3: God's Full Life For You
Episode #28
Faith and Culture
Carissa Youssef: Restoring Relationships Through Dignity and Service
Episode #21
Faith and Culture
Driverless cars: programmed to make moral choices
Written by Subby Szterszky

Do you remember the lifeboat exercise back in school? The...

Faith and Culture
Special Guest Andrew Montgomery: A Conversation of Vulnerability, Team Culture And Fatherhood
Season 1 Episode #8
Faith and Culture
Apollo 11, the creation mandate and communion on the moon
Written by Subby Szterszky

“That’s one small step for [a]...

Faith and Culture
Truth, sacrifice and love for enemies in Wonder Woman 1984
Written by Subby Szterszky

By now, moviegoers know what...

Faith and Culture
Transforming Loneliness into Thriving Friendships
May 16, 2025 Becky Harling
Faith and Culture
Separating science from scientism, and why it matters
Written by Subby Szterszky

Debates about science and faith are as old as the church and as...

Clergy Care

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Clergy Care
Don’t give up
Written by Darrell W. Johnson

Dear Fellow Servants of the Lord Jesus: A couple of days ago, on two different occasions,...

Clergy Care
Live with your strength, visit your weakness
Written by Randy Ritz

Tips on sermon presentation To become a confident communicator,...

Clergy Care
Hello, anybody home?
Written by Louis McBurney

How to listen to your family, even when you don’t feel like it “You never listen...

Clergy Care
Insights for working with struggling couples
Written by Wayne Reed

Pastors, we are certain that you are hearing many of the same...

Clergy Care
Weathering the storms of ministry
Written by Katerina Hinkle

A pastor’s wife shares her candid fears and constructive advice about weathering the...

Clergy Care
What is Spiritual Direction?
Written by Jocelyn R. Plett

Does the regular, busy, anxious person in the church know what it feels like to soak in the...

Impact Stories

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Testimony
Hope Restored helped this couple hear each other better (on several levels)
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Bruce and Gail have been...

Testimony
Hope Restored equipped this couple to save their marriage
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Marc and Renita were hanging...

Testimony
Marriage Enrichment helped this couple make their strong marriage even stronger
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Doug and Carla have enjoyed...

Testimony
This couple strengthened their relationship at a Marriage Enrichment Retreat
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Dan and Leanne knew they had...

Testimony
Focus on the Family Canada supported this woman through her husband’s autism diagnosis
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Gina* was at an extended...

Testimony
Hope Restored helped this couple learn to hear one another
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Ross and Tina served in...