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When Is Too Much Just Too Much: It is Time to Make A Change

With the state of the economy being in a current state of disarray, many families are affected by this in a number of ways. There are many people...

Now in days, everybody wants to blame someone for the issues and challenges of raising children. If the child does not come out in the manner of...

Last weekend Bill Hybels, senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, along with all of the Willow Creek campuses,...

As our kids head back to school they are often encouraged to set goals for themselves and come up with a plan for how to achieve them. This is a...

This makes grandma crazy.We are the sandwich generation. Caught between children who can't live without their cell phones and grandparents who are...

A true tale of two children: Jill was always afraid of loud noises. From the time she was a little baby a door slamming, a dog barking, a loud...

I recently asked a fellow stay-at-home-mom (SAHM) to tell me what was new with her, not just with her kids. I said it breezily like this, “So...

Is it possible that the problems, challenges and troubles we encounter in life are self-imposed and we create them? Could our struggles exist to...

“For aught that I could read, could ever hear by tale or history, the course of true love never did run smooth.”–Lysander,...

It will be a time when every single resource we have is tested. Our faith, values, patience, compassion and our ability to persist. Why do some...