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7 Games That Create Connection
We all have a desire for connection. We want to go beyond the superficial. However, sometimes it is hard to know where to begin. Especially if you ...
Four Tools of Spiritual Manipulators
I grew up in a very conservative subculture of an already conservative homeschool culture, in a pretty conservative stream of the Ch ...
7 Truths When Your Child is a Missionary
Letting go of kids is hard, especially when the call of Christ takes them to places outside of a parent's comfort zone. Here are 7 lessons I've lea ...
Graduation: Grief and Gratitude
In some ways, her graduation this week is a continuation of everything I’ve been experiencing since I gave birth over 18 years ago. Motherhood feel ...
Torn Asunder
Torn Asunder, Dave Carder provides an overall recovery process from sexual and non-sexual affairs.]]>
Missionary kids struggle too
We often hear that kids adapt quickly to a new culture and language, but it is not necessarily easy, for them or their parents.
We Spent Our Best Years Overseas. And They Were Hard.
Jen Oshman outlines several challenges that cross-cultural church-planting families will face, providing biblical encouragement born out of her exp ...
How to Help Our Kids Say Healthy Goodbyes
My kids have to say a lot of goodbyes. We live in Djibouti but my husband and I are both from Minnesota. Our family spends some summers in Minnesot ...
Tips on security and longer term engagement for short term mission trips
Two experts respond to these questions on security and longer term engagement we received from a ministry leader in Brazil: I’d like to hear about ...
New study links phone use and mental health issues in teens
A new study in the journal Child Development shows nighttime usage of a cell phone can increase anxiety and depression in teenagers and reduce self ...
Guiding the Grief with Lauren Wells
Cultural Trainer and TCK Program Director of Culture Bound — an organization that specializes in providing language and culture training — and auth ...
Sarasota sheriff warns parents about 15 apps that could be used to target children
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office made headlines last year when it released a list of apps that could put children at risk of being targeted by ...