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Men, We Are Not Babysitters
As the dad of 16-, 11-, and 9-year-old children, my wife and I have often had the need/want for babysitters, so please know that I am grateful that sitters exist. They have provided great help when we...
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Married and…Going from Two Incomes to One
Editor’s Note: This is the next installment in our “Married and…” series where we will interview couples from all walks of life. It is our hope that you are encouraged by the stories of people who...
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Traveling Without the Kids
Just over a week ago, I dropped my son off at his grandparents’ house, and hopped on a jet plane for an eight-day cruise with my husband. As I was walking out the door, saying goodbye to my son, I...
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What You Can Look Forward to When the Kids Are Gone
My husband and I hated the empty nest…for the first 15 minutes. Then we looked around at our quiet house and each other and thought: “Hmmm. Maybe…maybe this is going to be okay.” And you know what? It...
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The Art of Being a Disconnected Parent
You should be a disconnected parent. Harsh, we know. It feels weird to say, even to think, but it’s true. In our nearly three years as parents we have learned one thing: raising small humans is...
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Married and…Foster Parents
Editor’s Note: This is the next installment in our “Married and…” series where we will interview couples from all walks of life. It is our hope that you are encouraged by the stories of people who...
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For Better or Worse: What to Do When “Worse” Gets Real
In the summer of 2012, we took a cross-country road trip. Somewhere in the mountains of North Carolina, after eating a big breakfast and then trying to read in the very back seat of the minivan, our...
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Sex Is Killing Our Kids
A few weeks ago I met with a group of Christian college students to speak on the topic of Sexual Atheism. Yes, you read that correctly. Sexual Atheism—there is such a thing—and it is most prevalent...
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Protecting Our Fall Schedules
As school events, work events, sports, band, and dance practices are in full swing, I keep thinking about a situation that happened to my wife and me a couple years ago. One September day, my wife...
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Married and…Adopting Internationally
Editor’s Note: This is the next installment in our “Married and…” series where we will interview couples from all walks of life. It is our hope that you are encouraged by the stories of people who...
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How to Help Your Family Memorize Scripture in 2016
A new year brings a sigh of relief for some and a bit of wistfulness for others. Regardless of how you left 2015, a look ahead at 2016 can bring with it a lot of ideas and plans, especially spiritual...
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MarriageRoots Conversation Card :: 25 Questions to Discuss with Your Spouse...
Many of us come crawling and limping to the finish line of one year and anxiously await the stroke of midnight that miraculously gives us a clean slate of 12 new months to somehow get things...
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Pregnancy and the Fear of Losing Myself
One hot morning last summer, Matt and I had just gotten home from spending two weeks working a camp in Louisiana and were frantically unpacking and repacking for a month-long road trip to California,...
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Being Too Busy Is Costing Us Greatly
This article, this truth, this word from God has been in my heart and mind for years now. What price have we paid, what has it cost us, to not observe a day of rest? A purposeful, intentional day to...
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The Danger of a Culture Fixated on Children
Just days before my first child was born, a couple in our church gave my husband and me some advice to which I didn’t pay much attention at the time. I realize now that it was a glorious piece of...
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