Total Family Makeover: Making Disciples at Home
"I'm a Failure as a Mom"
Grappling with responsibility & even failure as a mom over how your kids are turning out? Author Heather MacFadyen knows your anxiety—and how to deal.
Onward
How do we engage with the culture around us? Author Russell Moore describes what he sees happening in the culture and explains what moms and dads can do to address it. Moore advises engaging the culture with kindness and love, remembering that the same people who may disagree with us now may one day be our future brothers and sisters in Christ.
Apology
They’re the two hardest words for many folks to say: 'I’m sorry.' Dr. Gary Chapman, author of 'The Five Love Languages' shares how these two simple words can transform your relationship.
Toxic Masculinity--and the Power of a Great Dad: Nancy Pearcey
Toxic masculinity is as destructive as we think it is. But professor Nancy Pearcey’s data shows more of the whole story--of the power of a good man.
Emotional Identity
Dennis and Barbara Rainey talk about identity, one of the four pillars of parenting. When actively parenting, they were conscious that they were helping their six children know who they were, especially in regards to their gifts and talents. Looking back, however, they wish they had been more aware of their children’s EQ or emotional quotient, than their IQ. The Raineys stress the importance of teaching children what to do with their emotions.
Speaking Gracious Words
What does it look like to "speak the truth in love" with your children in a practical way? Today, on FamilyLife Today, hosts Dave and Ann Wilson discuss with author, William Smith, about how to be honest, yet encouraging.
Gone Fishing With Hank Parker: Hooked on Christ
Hank Parker looks back on his life and the difficulties that could have derailed him for good. Hear how God radically changed his father's life and influenced him to change his own life after a family tragedy.
Traps of Boyhood
There's a lot that can trip a boy up these days. Braxton Brady, a chaplain at a Christian day school in Memphis, tells of the real threats of pornography, bullying, peer pressure, alcohol and sexual promiscuity that can lead a boy off-track.
God Uses Messy People
Our lives can get messy. But fortunately, God loves using messy people. Author Mike Howerton tells Dennis Rainey how his life began to change after he told the Lord in earnest that he’d like to be His. Although the clouds didn’t part and he didn’t hear God audibly, He knew that God had a plan for his life and that God would use him. Mike talks about hearing God speak, and shares a story about a time when a unknown woman called him in the middle of the night asking for prayer for her comatose husband. Mike’s obedience would add another soul to God’s heavenly ranks.
What's the Hype about Easter? Bob Lepine
Easter! Is there more than candy and egg hunts? Bob Lepine breaks it down in his book "Twelve Things You Probably Didn't Know about Easter," revealing the real deal behind this holiday.