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Marriage

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Marriage
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Marriage
Practical Ways to Celebrate Your Marriage
Jul 19, 2024 Jay and Laura Laffoon
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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
Choosing Joy for Healthy Relationships
Mar 8, 2024 Chris Coursey
Marriage
The Impact of a Life Well Lived
Feb 16, 2024 Gary Chapman
Marriage
Why your marriage mindset matters more than you think
Written by Amy Van Veen

Nearly ten years into their marriage, Cristy and Josh have faced their share of valleys, including challenging in-law dynamics, infertility, grief and loss, career changes, and more.

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Parenting
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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
How to make couple friends with your spouse
Written by Ashley Durand

When my husband and I were newlyweds, we longed for...

Marriage
How to Avoid Bad Influences on Your Marriage
Feb 5, 2024 Dave Willis, Ashley Willis

Parenting

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Parenting
Parenting Ahead
Kristen Hatton
Parenting
Best of 2025: How to Provide a Healthier, Happier Childhood for Your Son (Part 1 of 2)
Dec 9, 2025 Dr. Meg Meeker
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Parenting
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Parenting
100+ fun family traditions
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Traditions are a valuable way to strengthen families and create lasting memories.

Parenting
Parenting Adult Children When They Walk Away from God (Part 2 of 2)
Nov 19, 2025 Mary DeMuth
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Parenting
100+ parenting tips
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We’ve come up with some fun and innovative ways to make parenting your kids easier. Check back often to see our new ideas!

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Parenting
Guiding Your Preteen Daughter to Find Her Identity in Christ
Feb 9, 2026 Heather Holleman
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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
ADHD in children and parents: When your child’s diagnosis feels familiar
Written by Amy Van Veen

Sort through your emotions, reactions, and even grief as you grapple with this new reality. 

Parenting
Best of 2025: How to Provide a Healthier, Happier Childhood for Your Son (Part 2 of 2)
Dec 10, 2025 Dr. Meg Meeker
Parenting
The Rhythm of Home
Chris & Jenni Graebe

Life Challenges

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Life Challenges
Reconnect in Real Life: Tips to Reduce Screen Time
Jul 14, 2025 Jonathan McKee
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Life Challenges
Free digital booklets
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Biblically based and psychologically sound advice for mental health and relationships

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Life Challenges
Have a Heart - Adventures in Odyssey
Mar 2, 2026
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Marriage
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Life Challenges
Preparing your family members for AI phone scams
Written by Camryn Munday

At 10 p.m. on a Wednesday night, Laura* received a call from...

Life Challenges
Testimonial: Healing the Scars From Your Family of Origin
Episode #27
Parenting
Understanding and Loving Your Child Who Smokes Pot
Stephen Arterburn, Margot Starbuck
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Parenting
How to Connect With Your Troubled Adult Child
Allison Bottke
Life Challenges
How Focus on the Family Canada helped one single mom through a dark and difficult season
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

After Colleen’s marriage...

Parenting
Overcoming the Obstacles of Cerebral Palsy (Part 2 of 2)
Jul 11, 2025 Lisa Sexton, Tyler Sexton
Life Challenges
Guilt vs. shame: How to tell the difference?
Written by Jenn Hall

Beth* felt defeated. Earlier, a sexually explicit image...

Faith And Culture

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Faith and Culture
Meet Me in the Middle
Sandra Stanley, Allie Stanley Cooney
Faith and Culture
Best of 2025: From Shame to Shine: Inspiring Others in Christ! (Part 1 of 2)
Dec 11, 2025 Sheila Walsh
Faith and Culture
From Shame to Shine: Inspiring Others in Christ! (Part 2 of 2)
Aug 20, 2025 Sheila Walsh
Faith and Culture
The A-list of theologians who shaped the Christian faith
Written by Subby Szterszky

According to historian Sarah...

Faith and Culture
Paul at Athens: A model for engaging a secular world
Written by Subby Szterszky

The book of Acts contains at least ten substantial addresses...

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Faith and Culture
Priests of History: Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age
Written by Subby Szterszky

“[W]e have entered...

Faith and Culture
Jesus’ Resurrection: A treasury of hope, comfort, and joy
Written by Subby Szterszky

Now if Christ is proclaimed as...

Faith and Culture
Best of 2025: From Shame to Shine: Inspiring Others in Christ! (Part 2 of 2)
Dec 12, 2025 Sheila Walsh
Faith and Culture
Stories of love and friendship in the Scriptures
Written by Subby Szterszky

Love. Friendship. Connection. Belonging. As beings created by...

Faith and Culture
Carissa Youssef: Restoring Relationships Through Dignity and Service
Episode #21
Faith and Culture
The Six Conversations
Heather Holleman

Clergy Care

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Clergy Care
Handling church conflict
Written by Steve Fleming

All conflict can be stressful, but when it is combined with church relationships – where our community and mission intersect – it can really ramp up.

Clergy Care
Cultivating gentleness by abiding in Christ
Written by Steve Klassen

My wife’s grandfather is a wonderful man. He is good, faithful,...

Clergy Care
Parenting in the waiting
Written by Pauline Doerksen

It’s a normal day in your home. Juggling schedules, packing lunches, overseeing homework and...

Clergy Care
Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of life
Written by Beth Fleming

Near the end of May while...

Clergy Care
Sabbath: Be still and discover the rest of God
Written by Steve Klassen

As a young, newly commissioned pastor who was scheduled to...

Clergy Care
How changing our expectations of ministry can help us avoid unnecessary pain
Written by Luke Campbell

You might not think about it...

Impact Stories

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Testimony
One woman’s story of addiction, recovery and coming back to Christ
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Carol was raised in a...

Testimony
Brio equips Hannah to share God’s truth in love
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

As a Christian teenager trying to navigate an increasingly...

Testimony
Focus was a guiding light to this widow and her young sons
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Linda’s life took many turns...

Testimony
Finding Jesus’ healing love in the midst of chronic pain
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

When Jocelyn was 11 years old,...

Testimony
How one phone call brought hope and encouragement
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

One afternoon, during a particularly stressful time in her...

Testimony
God guided Annedien’s pregnancy decisions
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Several years ago, Annedien and her husband, Vincent, found out...