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Marriage

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Marriage
Choosing Joy for Healthy Relationships
Mar 8, 2024 Chris Coursey
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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Marriage
The Impact of a Life Well Lived
Feb 16, 2024 Gary Chapman
Marriage
Practical Ways to Celebrate Your Marriage
Jul 19, 2024 Jay and Laura Laffoon
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...

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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!

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

Parenting

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Parenting
Parenting Adult Children When They Walk Away from God (Part 1 of 2)
Nov 18, 2025 Mary DeMuth
Parenting
A stronger marriage when you parent grandchildren
Written by Jeanie Jacobson

The drunken intruder lay sprawled unconscious on our daughter’s...

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
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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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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
Parenting
Best of 2025: How to Provide a Healthier, Happier Childhood for Your Son (Part 1 of 2)
Dec 9, 2025 Dr. Meg Meeker
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
Parenting Ahead
Kristen Hatton

Life Challenges

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Parenting
How to Connect With Your Troubled Adult Child
Allison Bottke
Life Challenges
Best of 2025: Overcoming Anxiety: Finding Peace in a Hectic World (Part 1 of 2)
Dec 2, 2025 Dr. Gregory Jantz
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
Parenting
Overcoming the Obstacles of Cerebral Palsy (Part 2 of 2)
Jul 11, 2025 Lisa Sexton, Tyler Sexton
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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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Parenting
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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
This mom found hope in Christ in the midst of her daughter’s eating disorder diagnosis
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Beth knew her daughter Heather...

Life Challenges
Best of 2025: Overcoming Anxiety: Finding Peace in a Hectic World (Part 2 of 2)
Dec 3, 2025 Dr. Gregory Jantz
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...

Faith And Culture

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Faith and Culture
No Greater Love: A Biblical Vision for Friendship
Written by Subby Szterszky

“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his...

Faith and Culture
Book review: Jesus Through the Eyes of Women 
Written by Subby Szterszky

If the women who followed Jesus could tell you what he was...

Parenting
Child Proof
Julie Lowe
Faith and Culture
Shouting the Worth of Every Person
Jan 24, 2025 Heather Avis
Parenting
When Your Son or Daughter is Deconstructing Faith (Part 1 of 2)
Jun 19, 2024 John Marriott
Faith and Culture
How this youth pastor uses Brio magazine to reach his community
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Tyler and his wife had big...

Faith and Culture
The ancient creeds: Essential truths that unite Christians
Written by Subby Szterszky

“In essentials, unity; in...

Faith and Culture
Simple Habits for Effective Parenting
Randall Schroeder, Ph.D
Faith and Culture
Best of 2024: Laughing and Loving Small Town Living
Jan 1, 2025
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When Your Son or Daughter is Deconstructing Faith (Part 2 of 2)
Jun 20, 2024 John Marriott
Faith and Culture
Christian professors at top universities pursue the great commandment
Written by Subby Szterszky

The world’s first universities...

Clergy Care

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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
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 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
Navigating gender identity and sexuality in your ministry
Written by Wendy Kittlitz

One of the very complex and...

Clergy Care
Stories of Clergy Appreciation
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Our dear friend, H.B. London, who has now gone home to be with the Lord, initiated Clergy...

Clergy Care
How a season without a pastor helped me appreciate pastors even more
Written by Jenn Hall

I almost hugged the new...

Impact Stories

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

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

Testimony
How a road trip and an audiobook helped this father establish a relationship of trust and openness
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

When Terry’s* sons...

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

In the early stages of their...

Testimony
Focus resources helped this woman reach her children and her community
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Manon first heard about...

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How the mom of a child with Down Syndrome found a renewed perspective of God
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Jodi was sitting in her church...