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Marriage

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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
Retaining Your Identity in Motherhood (Part 2 of 2)
Jun 25, 2024
Marriage
The Care Cycle
Written by Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley

How to care for your heart when your buttons are pushed. What should you do when your spouse...

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Marriage
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Helpful and practical advice from noted Christian experts

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

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

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Parenting
Focus on the Family magazine

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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!

Parenting

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Parenting Generation Screen
Jonathan McKee
Parenting
More Effective Habits to Embrace in Parenting (Part 2 of 2)
May 21, 2025 Randy Schroeder
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
Protecting Your Child from Online Dangers
Nov 3, 2025 Mandy Majors
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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
A Mom’s Guide to Lies Girls Believe
Dannah Gresh
Parenting
Let your kids be bored this summer
Written by Camryn Munday

Summer break: a time for Pinterest-worthy beach vacations, meticulously planned family...

Parenting
Nurturing Your Child's Purpose and Passion
Jun 17, 2025 Cyndie Claypool de Neve
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Marriage
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Parenting
Focus on the Family magazine

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Parenting
100+ parenting tips
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

We’ve come up with some fun and innovative ways to make parenting your kids easier. Check back often to see our new ideas!

Parenting
The Power of Prayer in Your Daughter's Life
May 15, 2025 Stacey Thacker

Life Challenges

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Life Challenges
Narcissism in marriage: What to watch for and how to respond
Written by Amy Van Veen

The word...

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Marriage
Free video series
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Helpful and practical advice from noted Christian experts

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...

Parenting
Instilling Character into the Heart of Your Children (Part I of II)
Nov 20, 2023 Kathy Koch
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Parenting
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Life Challenges
Measuring Your Words With Others
Feb 26, 2018 Emerson Eggerichs
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
What really is self-care?
Written by Jayne Schooler

Three years ago, I was preparing to speak to a roomful of social workers. The topic for the...

Faith And Culture

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Faith and Culture
Best of 2025: Three Ways to Introduce Your Friends to Jesus (Part 1 of 2)
Dec 23, 2025 J.John
Faith and Culture
Three Ways to Introduce Your Friends to Jesus (Part 1 of 2)
Jun 11, 2025 J.John
Faith and Culture
Priests of History: Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age
Written by Subby Szterszky

“[W]e have entered...

Faith and Culture
Best of 2025: Three Ways to Introduce Your Friends to Jesus (Part 2 of 2)
Dec 24, 2025 J.John
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Faith and Culture
Where Do I Go from Here?
John Trent, Kari Trent Stageberg
Faith and Culture
Jesus’ Resurrection: A treasury of hope, comfort, and joy
Written by Subby Szterszky

Now if Christ is proclaimed as...

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Parenting
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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...

Faith and Culture
The A-list of theologians who shaped the Christian faith
Written by Subby Szterszky

According to historian Sarah...

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Faith and Culture
God’s sovereignty, national identity, and the Kingdom of God
Written by Subby Szterszky

As Christ’s ambassadors, we have a mandate to seek the shalom of our society and to speak truth into...

Faith and Culture
Three Ways to Introduce Your Friends to Jesus (Part 2 of 2)
Jun 12, 2025 J.John
Faith and Culture
Social Media Reset
Allie Marie Smith

Clergy Care

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Clergy Care
Remembering to choose joy
Written by Steve Fleming

There was a time that I would have been satisfied with being happy, but that was before I...

Clergy Care
Self-control: Checking the state of your walls
Written by Steve Klassen

With up to 31 days in a month and the book of Proverbs...

Clergy Care
Stewarding our health as ministry leaders
Written by Beth Fleming

Thirty years ago this March, Steve and I travelled to Hawaii...

Clergy Care
The rest of the year
Written by Steve Klassen

Christmas is coming! But what about the rest of the year? My five-year-old loves to utter the...

Clergy Care
How to step back from being a helicopter leader
Written by Pauline Doerksen

I was sitting in our adult Sunday school class a while back...

Clergy Care
Bringing shalom to a world in chaos
Written by Wendy Kittlitz

One of the richest experiences I have had over the past year has been watching a new video...

Impact Stories

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Testimony
Focus resources continue to encourage and inspire this single woman
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

When the COVID-19 pandemic...

Testimony
A couple’s response to God’s call for fostering
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

In the early stages of their...

Testimony
Kerith Retreats helped one woman with burnout and renewed her passion for ministry
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

After three years of...

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...

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

Marc and Renita were hanging...