Why Your Prayers as a Grandparent Could Be the Greatest Gift You Leave Behind

Chapter 2  Have Low-Conflict Conversations About Money and Enhance Intimacy  You’ve met your soulmate and decided to get married, engaged, or move in together. But while making plans for your happy life together, you soon discover that you have a spender-saver dynamic and that discussing money evokes a variety of complex emotions such as shame,…

What Is High Sensitivity? In psychology, high sensitivity refers to a personality trait known as Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) — the defining feature of being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). This concept was first researched and popularized by psychologist Dr. Elaine Aron in the 1990s. High sensitivity is characterized by: Feeling emotions (both positive and…

“He who finds a wife finds a good thing and receives favor from the Lord.” – Proverbs 18:22 Key Points Proverbs 18:22 celebrates a godly wife as a gift and a sign of the Lord’s favor. A wife is not meant to carry every burden alone, but to be honored as a partner of strength,…

Richard Nicastro, PhD examines why couples fight and proposes that bickering isn’t always the way it seems.  Though bickering can clearly be problematic, he proposes the possibility that sometimes it might be fun. Key Takeaways Bickering is often harmless—but clarifying. It’s a form of communication, not abuse, and can help release stress or tension. Stress-driven…

There is a particular silence to estrangement. Not the noise of a fight — a fight, at least, means someone is still trying — but the quiet of a phone you no longer pick up, a name you scroll past, a chair at the table no one mentions is empty. Searching the estranged meaning usually…

I have come to think a father-son relationship is built less in the big moments than in the small, repeated ones — but on the night this story begins, I knew none of that yet. It was a particular evening, many years ago. A low point — maybe the lowest — in my life as…