In case you missed it: October articles
At Focus on the Family Canada, we support families in a variety of formats. One of the ways is through our series of original articles, which we publish for free online each month. In case you may have missed them, here are links to a few of our latest articles related to marriage and parenting, as well as to faith and culture.
God’s sovereign kindness: The antidote for fear and division
We’re living in a cultural moment defined by fear, causing divisions in families, friendships and churches. So how can we begin to change that? How can we graciously upend the status quo and become catalysts for healing the rifts and the hurt? We can start by cultivating a deeper awareness of God’s sovereign kindness, which is meant to grip our hearts and change the way we think and act in every area of life.
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Parenting young adults: Boundaries and limits when kids move back home
Got an adult child still living with you because they can’t afford their own place? Today, that’s not unusual. Check out this article to learn what you can reasonably ask of your young adult while they’re living in your home.
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Don't let your spouse make you angry
Marriages never thrive when spouses rent the relationship, expecting their husband or wife to be responsible for fixing their feelings. If we become the owners of our emotions, we’re free to be co-owners of the relationship. Together with our spouse, we have the potential to build something great. How do we start? Click through for three simple, practical steps to begin the process.
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Why God made seasons: A revelation in contrasts
We have our favourite and our non-favourite seasons, we welcome or bemoan their change as the case may be. But we likely don’t visualize seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, or day and night in terms of their covenantal symbolism. Even so, we may wonder: Why did God make the seasons the way he did in the first place? Since he designed all of creation to reflect some facet of his glory, what do the seasonal contrasts reveal about his character and purposes?
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