Character and Values | Family Life | Featured
Left Out: How to Help Your Kid Through Heartbreak When They Weren’t Invited
As difficult as it might be, your child will get through it with your help and guidance. And they will grow up as a stronger, more compassionate and empathetic adult… Read More
How to Support a Parent Who Has Experienced Pregnancy Loss
There’s a big chance you have someone in your circle who has suffered from pregnancy loss like I have. In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, I want… Read More
Character and Values | Family Life
How New Dads Can Foster a Healthy Image of Beauty for Their Daughters
After becoming a dad to a daughter four years ago, I felt the heavy weight of being a positive male presence in her life. Growing up without my dad around very much, I am intimately aware of what comes with a dad’s… Read More
What I Wish You Knew About My Child With Down Syndrome
Written by: Derek Smith I still remember January 2017 when I was on a mission trip in India. My wife, Chrystal, was at home in Tennessee with our four other children by herself and highly pregnant. She had a routine doctor’s appointment… Read More
Family Life | Featured | Self Care
Your Kids May Be Your Everything, But They Can’t Be Your Only Thing
Confession: Most nights, my husband and I land on the couch—after bedtime stories and kisses and prayers and questions and answers and water cups and one more song, just one more, pretty please—and we say, “Gah, those kids are cute.” I mean,… Read More
Character and Values | Family Life | Fight For The Heart
How I Can Model Beauty to My Daughter
As soon as I learned I would be raising a daughter, I instantly became preoccupied with the concept of beauty. Growing up, I was raised in a household where beauty was defined by three things: thinness, straight hair, and near-flawless teeth. Genetics… Read More
Create A Rhythm | Family Life | Featured | Fight For The Heart
You’re Not Failing, You’re Just Overwhelmed
I’m going to share something with you my therapist shared with me weeks ago. And it’s about to blow your mind: If you’re operating at 40 to 60 percent of your normal capacity, you’re doing alright. At the start of the pandemic… Read More
