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Do you find it easier to pretend in certain areas of your relationship than to risk being completely real with one another?  Do you make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not?  

Are you pretending in marriage? Perhaps, one or more of these will resonate with you....

People are understandably conscious about the foods they’re eating and where they come from. This has seen the rise of whole, clean and natural foods, and in the last couple years, the trend has even moved into pet foods.
These tips can help your whole family lead a more healthy life.

A homeless drug addict who broke into an Arkansas church and vandalized $100,000 worth of property was baptized at that same place of worship just six months later – all because the staff and church members displayed grace and got him much-needed help.

Amazing story!

My life hasn't turned out the way I expected. I wouldn’t change my life, but I’m not living the life I imagined when I was younger. Do you feel the same way?

When life hands you an unexpected turn, I hope this gives you some perspective and some hope.

A financial emergency can hit at any time, and you need to be ready.

Single parenting has become a hot-button issue for many churches around the country; but many churches are ill-equipped to respond to the needs of single moms. 
So how can you make a difference in the life of a single mother?

These whispers are simple affirmations…reminders to yourself of what you ALREADY know…of what your best friend would tell you if she were sitting right next to you. 

Doctors told Kate Ogg that her newborn son would not make it.  But this mother's idea and determination ended in a miracle!

This is a beautiful, powerful story that highlights one mother’s perspective of how her instinct to hold and talk to her baby changed their lives.

What is your desire for your marriage? A love that lasts a lifetime...long walks on the beach...a harmonious relationship that endures all.... Find out how to love one another with a bigger purpose in mind.

Like poison kills a person, poisonous words kill the spirit and soul of a person.  Regardless of your age, what would you not want to hear your parents say to you?  Here are 10 things not to say to your adult children.....

You believe that you can simply dash in to pick up the infamous few things.  But it turns out the grocery store ends up being the place where you do most of your overspending - on a weekly basis!

Find out some practical ways to reduce your grocery bill and get a handle on your weekly budgeting. 

Lamont Thomas spent years fostering children - 30 kids over 15 years to be exact!  But when the last foster moved out of the house, Lamont could not end it there.  So even after he decided to stop fostering, he still wanted to help others - so he made an amazing change!

You're exhausted all the time, and you know that's not right.  Your doctor says it's all in your head, but you know there's a possible medical reason for how you feel.
If you are suffering from fatigue, or a list of symptoms that won’t go away, odds are extremely good that one of these five causes is the true culprit.

It might be impossible to measure or quantify the strength of a friendship — but what a group of women did for a friend who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer shows how powerful it can be.

Motherhood is unlike anything else I have known. It is beautiful, terrifying, empowering, humbling, and transformative.  In that one little moment leaving the hospital, I felt love, fear, guilt and joy all at once.

Could I walk back and sit across from myself in that hospital room, here are 6 things I’d want to tell myself as a new mother.

If a couple spends as little as fifteen minutes a day sharing their stories with each other, in a short period they each will begin to understand the other.

He longs for us to spend time with Him…no matter how busy life gets!

Our children can teach us so much about life just through the way they act, and my child definitely has!  I have been learning how I sometimes act toward my Heavenly Father, and how childish I can be in my life...

Do you struggle with anger? Author and Counselor Nicole Unice talks about how we can separate our strong negative reactions from the shame we feel about them, to analyze our feelings and find God’s deeper healing.

You can improve money management skills when you objectively look at past money habits and mistakes and have plans in place to reduce the debt load.  Every dollar that doesn’t pay a debt allows you to have more financial freedom.

Here are eight do’s and don’ts for becoming debt-free...