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Marriage

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Marriage
How to Break Bad Habits and Cultivate a Healthy Marriage (Part 2 of 2)
Jan 15, 2026 Tricia Goyer
Marriage
Safe and secure in marriage
Written by Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley

When two people feel safe and secure, they relax and open their hearts. Next to our...

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...

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
The power of healthy conflict in marriage
Written by Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley

What’s happening when your spouse pushes your buttons? Conflict...

Marriage
How to Break Bad Habits and Cultivate a Healthy Marriage (Part 1 of 2)
Jan 14, 2026 Randy Schroeder
Marriage
Beauty in Battle: Winning in Marriage by Waging a War
Jason & Tori Benham
Life Challenges
Narcissism in marriage: What to watch for and how to respond
Written by Amy Van Veen

The word...

Marriage
How One Couple Overcame Infidelity and Broke Generational Cycles (Part 2 of 2)
Jan 29, 2026 Tim and Kathy Bush
Marriage
Marriage in Transition
Sean and Lanette Reed
Marriage
How One Couple Overcame Infidelity and Broke Generational Cycles (Part 1 of 2)
Jan 28, 2026 Tim and Kathy Bush
Life Challenges
How this one pastor and his wife used Focus on the Family resources to help struggling marriages
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

When Michael and his wife,...

Parenting

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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
The Really Radical Book for Kids
Champ Thornton
Parenting
Teaching Kids Character Through Sports
Mar 5, 2026 Dr. Ed Uszynski, Brian Smith
Parenting
How Adventures in Odyssey’s One Grand Party blessed one Canadian family
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Carma and Richard’s family were one of nearly 6,000 contest entrants and were flown down to join in the festivities. 

Parenting
Overcoming Anxiety in Your Family, Faith and Life (Part 1 of 2)
Mar 3, 2026 Jason and Tori Benham
Parenting
Compassionate conversations about homelessness with your kids
Written by Camryn Munday

Give kids a better informed, more compassionate perspective on homelessness.

Parenting
Overcoming Anxiety in Your Family, Faith and Life (Part 2 of 2)
Mar 4, 2026 Jason and Tori Benham
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
How to help your overscheduled and busy kids
Written by Ann Ordway

My 7-year-old son climbed into the car with a scowl on his face...

Life Challenges
How to Equip Your Teens with a Biblical Understanding of Sexuality
Feb 23, 2026 Jim Burns
Parenting
Work-life balance: Nurturing families in today’s world
Written by Dr. Richard A. Swenson

Futurists of the 1960s...

Parenting
A Devotional for Mothers and Sons
Sandee Macgregor

Life Challenges

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Life Challenges
Seeking healthy rhythms instead of work-life balance
Written by Jennifer Antonsen

While the term “work-life balance” is commonly...

Life Challenges
Have a Heart - Adventures in Odyssey
Mar 2, 2026
Life Challenges
Total Money Makeover Updated and Expanded
Dave Ramsey
Life Challenges
Adventures in Odyssey showed this woman what a godly father looks like
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

When Elizabeth* was five years...

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Life Challenges
Starting Your Day in a Better Way
Mar 13, 2026 Pastor Kevin Thompson
Life Challenges
Narcissism in marriage: What to watch for and how to respond
Written by Amy Van Veen

The word...

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

When Tim and Marcy* started...

Life Challenges
The Anxiety Opportunity
Curtis Chang
Life Challenges
How this one pastor and his wife used Focus on the Family resources to help struggling marriages
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

When Michael and his wife,...

Life Challenges
How Heart Surgery Gave Me a New Perspective on Life and Faith
Feb 16, 2026 Kenn Kington
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
How to Equip Your Teens with a Biblical Understanding of Sexuality
Feb 23, 2026 Jim Burns

Faith And Culture

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Faith and Culture
An Olympic Champion’s Journey to Real Life and Meaning (Part I of II)
Feb 10, 2026 Scott Hamilton
Life Challenges
Total Money Makeover Updated and Expanded
Dave Ramsey
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
The cosmic, compassionate Christ in the book of Hebrews
Written by Subby Szterszky

Long ago, at many times and in...

Faith and Culture
Learning to Delight in the Presence of Jesus
Feb 27, 2026 Asheritah Ciuciu
Faith and Culture
Priests of History: Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age
Written by Subby Szterszky

“[W]e have entered...

Faith and Culture
Addressing MAID with truth and grace
Written by Subby Szterszky

When addressing MAID, as with all things, followers of Jesus are called to be compassionate, faithful ambassadors of our Lord...

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Faith and Culture
Recovering the stories of silenced women in ancient literature
Written by Subby Szterszky

Historian Emily Hauser seeks to recreate the lives of marginalized women in Bronze Age Greece.

Faith and Culture
Delighting in Jesus
Asheritah Ciuciu
Faith and Culture
Building Racial Harmony in Our Communities
Jan 19, 2026 Carey Casey
Faith and Culture
An Olympic Champion’s Journey to Real Life and Meaning (Part II of II)
Feb 11, 2026 Scott Hamilton
Faith and Culture
Discovering Jesus: An introduction to the Gospel
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Have you ever felt disconnected? Like you belong somewhere, but...

Clergy Care

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Clergy Care
Grasping and reflecting God’s goodness
Written by Doug Meyers

In the last few weeks, something has repeatedly caught my...

Clergy Care
Faithfulness in friendship, even in the most difficult times
Written by Roxy Meyers

This day has become etched...

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
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
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
This pastor, father and husband discovers healthier boundaries at Kerith Retreats
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

When Dave went to Kerith...

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

When Jocelyn was 11 years old,...

Testimony
One woman’s journey out of an abusive relationship and into the freedom of Christ
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Skylar grew up in a...

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...