Category: Marriage

Helpful, practical advice about many topics

Struggling with a mental health issue? Wanting to better understand what someone you love is going through? The Care to Change team shares what we know, along with plenty of practical, plain-spoken advice. Scroll down to the topic list to find the subject you seek. Have a suggestion for something we haven’t covered? Email it to us.

How to Bring Out the Best in Your Kids

Every child is unique. We may joke that our son is just like his Uncle Jim or our daughter is a miniature version of our sister, Katie, but no matter

When You Feel Like Roommates Instead of Soulmates

Liz always assumed the fire would start to die out in their marriage somewhere along the way, but she didn’t expect it to happen after just six years. Oh, she

How churches can help couples

Ask any pastor, and they’ll you the key to a strong congregation is strong families. It’s one of the reasons we approach marriage with such joy. When a couple sharing

Feel lonely in a home full of people?

Daniel can’t understand it. How can he be lonely when five other people share his home? Everyone’s tripping over each other all the time, yet Daniel feels he’s living all

The art of letting relationships go

One of the hardest lessons life teaches us is that sometimes, relationships we have with those around us must come to an end. Whether it’s a friend who has betrayed

When important conversations run into dead ends

“Just once I’d like to be able to talk with Jake about money and not have it end up in an argument,” Melissa thinks. Every time Brooke and her mother

Stay in your own yard!

There’s something people often misunderstand about marriage. They take the concept of two people becoming one much too literally. The vision of two people moving through life in complete agreement

Leader’s lines: Connection and Health are Inseparable

When the scope of the COVID pandemic became apparent, mental health professionals around the globe knew the danger went far beyond infection. From quarantines to social distancing, the necessary medical

When your marriage is silently struggling

Every time someone at the church sported a new engagement ring, everyone insisted the couple-to-be attend Derek and Bonnie’s Tuesday-evening marriage prep classes. “They’re so much fun!” “You’ll learn so

Am I ruining my kids?

I don’t think there’s a parent who hasn’t wondered (probably more than once) whether they’re messing up their kids’ mental health and ruining their lives. Most of us learned what