Adrenalin-Fed Spirituality

A constant state of adrenalin arousel, although physically damaging, is often experienced as pleasant excitement and stimulation. And it is this that ...

The Joy of Discipleship

I find that discipleship means, first, truly living. It does not mean a joy ride to heaven; it does not mean that there are no trials and no burdens. ...

Laurilee Keyes: Calm in a Crisis

With more than 100,000 visitors yearly, Focus on the Family's Colorado Springs campus is a busy place. That's how it was Thursday May 2, 1996. Laurilee ...

The Second-Greatest Gift

To have peace and love in a marriage is a gift that is next to the knowledge of the gospel.

The Peace of Marriage

There is woven into the fabric of marriage-as-God-intended a sense of something ongoing. One woman, one man, together under a roof for 50 years or so. ...

The Secret of True Harmony

It is only when a husband and wife pray together before God that they find the secret of true harmony: that the difference in their temperaments, their ...

The Lord Is My Strength

Only he who can say, "The Lord is the strength of my life," can say, "Of whom shall I be afraid?"

Making Peace with the Imperfect

It's a paradox of marriage that the strongest ones are those in which partners are simultaneously able to change to accommodate one another in some ...

Nothing Needed

Socrates was wont to say—"They are most happy and nearest the Gods that needed nothing." And coming once up into the Exchange at Athens, ...

Pure Contentment

He that is down needs fear no fall;

He that is low, no pride;

He that is humble, ever shall

Have God to be his guide.

I am content with what I have,

Little ...