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Marriage

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Practical Ways to Celebrate Your Marriage
Jul 19, 2024 Jay and Laura Laffoon
Marriage
My Heart is Broken
Jill Savage
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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.

Marriage
Work Talk: Creating win-win solutions
Written by Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley

Many couples have experienced their share of pitched battles...

Marriage
The Smart Stepfamily Guide to Financial Planning
Ron Deal, Greg Pettys, David Edwards
Marriage
When Lives Collide: Navigating Remarriage and Stepfamily (Part 2 of 2)
Feb 28, 2024 Sabrina Beasley McDonald
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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
When Lives Collide: Navigating Remarriage and Stepfamily (Part 1 of 2)
Feb 27, 2024
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100+ marriage tips
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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

Parenting

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Overcoming Anxiety in Your Family, Faith and Life (Part 1 of 2)
Mar 3, 2026 Jason and Tori Benham
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. 

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Parenting
Joyfully Embracing God’s Children (Part II of II)
Feb 25, 2026 Josh and Heather Avis
Parenting
The Rhythm of Home
Chris & Jenni Graebe
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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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Overcoming Anxiety in Your Family, Faith and Life (Part 2 of 2)
Mar 4, 2026 Jason and Tori Benham
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Parenting Ahead
Kristen Hatton
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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.

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Guiding Your Preteen Daughter to Find Her Identity in Christ
Feb 9, 2026 Heather Holleman
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100+ fun family traditions
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Traditions are a valuable way to strengthen families and create lasting memories.

Life Challenges

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Life Challenges
Guilt vs. shame: How to tell the difference?
Written by Jenn Hall

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

Life Challenges
Beyond Burnout
Gregory Jantz with Keith Wall
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Experiencing Freedom from Shame (Part 2 of 2)
May 7, 2025 Erwin Lutzer
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
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...

Life Challenges
Testimonial: Healing the Scars From Your Family of Origin
Episode #27
Life Challenges
Overcoming the Obstacles of Cerebral Palsy (Part 1 of 2)
Jul 10, 2025 Lisa Sexton, Tyler Sexton
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Overcoming the Obstacles of Cerebral Palsy (Part 2 of 2)
Jul 11, 2025 Lisa Sexton, Tyler Sexton
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Life Challenges
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Biblically based and psychologically sound advice for mental health and relationships

Life Challenges
Unmasking Emotional Abuse: Start the Healing
Gregory L. Jantz with Ann McMurray

Faith And Culture

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Faith and Culture
Faith Embodied
Stephen Ko
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
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
Best of 2024: Laughing and Loving Small Town Living
Jan 1, 2025
Faith and Culture
How to Plan Ahead for a Day of Rest
Nov 14, 2024 Kathi Lipp
Faith and Culture
Shouting the Worth of Every Person
Jan 24, 2025 Heather Avis
Faith and Culture
The Nature of Rest
Eryn Lynum
Faith and Culture
Experiencing God's Blessings in Our Moments of Rest
Sep 29, 2025 Eryn Lynum
Faith and Culture
Book review: The Deconstruction of Christianity
Written by Subby Szterszky

Deconstruction remains one of the most controversial and...

Faith and Culture
Movies and TV: The changing face of good and evil
Written by Subby Szterszky

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who...

Clergy Care

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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
Working under a narcissistic pastor: What it means and what you can do
Written by Vicki Hooper

It’s not uncommon to hear...

Clergy Care
When couples need extra help in their marriage
Written by Wayne Reed

There is something about a Canadian spring that makes me want...

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
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
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
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...

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One woman’s journey through miscarriages launched a ministry to support grieving mothers
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Jenita knows loss at a...

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God guided Annedien’s pregnancy decisions
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Several years ago, Annedien and her husband, Vincent, found out...

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

In the early stages of their...

Testimony
One woman found freedom in talking about mental health
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Hanna was going through her email recently when she spotted a...

Testimony
One woman’s story of addiction, recovery and coming back to Christ
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Carol was raised in a...