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Five Lessons from 48 Valentines Together

Five Lessons from 48 Valentines Together

This year my husband Greg and I celebrate our 48th Valentine’s Day as a married couple. After being married that long, you realize that neither you nor your husband are the same people you were initially. For a marriage to grow strong and healthy, each person has to change to meet the other’s needs. Doing this is not easy, but here are five lessons that have helped me over the better part of the past five decades:

Kevin James Embraces PG Comedy: 'I Just Love Doing a Lot of Family-Based Stuff'

Kevin James Embraces PG Comedy: 'I Just Love Doing a Lot of Family-Based Stuff'

In an interview with Christian Headlines, Kevin James emphasized the importance of spending quality time with your family.

'Cherish Those Times' with Your Children, Kevin James Says of Message in Home Team

'Cherish Those Times' with Your Children, Kevin James Says of Message in <em>Home Team</em>

While talking to Christian Headlines about his new film Home Team, actor Kevin James opened up about the importance of spending time with family.

A Conservatism without Marriage & Family Is No Conservatism at All

A Conservatism without Marriage & Family Is No Conservatism at All

Any political vision that treats marriage and family as optional or fungible, even if it goes by the label “conservative,” is destined to fail. This isn’t a matter of updating our definitions. If we lose our belief in marriage and the family as the foundation of a healthy and flourishing society, there will soon be very little left for “conservatives” to conserve.

Evangelicals Are Only Group to Say Marriage and Children Should Be a Priority: Poll

Evangelicals Are Only Group to Say Marriage and Children Should Be a Priority: Poll

A majority of Americans in a new survey reject the idea that society is better off if marriage and procreation are prioritized. However, white evangelicals – who often hold more traditional views on the issue – think just the opposite.

Religious Conservative Parents Are the Most Successful in Passing Faith to Children: Study

Religious Conservative Parents Are the Most Successful in Passing Faith to Children: Study

Religious conservative parents are more successful than liberal or moderate parents in passing their faith to their children, partially because they are more likely to discuss and promote their faith in the home, according to new research.

Iowa Pastor Raises over $300,000 for 5 Young Children Whose Parents Died Just Months Apart

Iowa Pastor Raises over $300,000 for 5 Young Children Whose Parents Died Just Months Apart

An Iowa pastor has raised over $300,000 in just three days to support five young children whose parents died just four months apart.

Georgia Couple Welcomes Quadruplets Born 7 Weeks Premature

Georgia Couple Welcomes Quadruplets Born 7 Weeks Premature

A couple in Georgia celebrated a Christmas miracle after the wife gave birth to quadruplets, who were all born seven weeks premature.

Religious Marriages Less Likely to End in Divorce, Study Suggests

Religious Marriages Less Likely to End in Divorce, Study Suggests

A new study found that religious marriages are less likely to end in divorce because religion tends to discourage cohabitation, a known risk factor for divorce.

The 'End' of Our Lives: Loving and Caring for Others

The 'End' of Our Lives: Loving and Caring for Others

Families and communities are real work and, through them, God works on us, in us, and through us. What if the ordinary tasks of life together are the front lines of the kingdom of God? What if it’s in the context of our daily relationships, including those that seem mundane, that we are most fully serving God? Many in the Church are ready to die for the Faith, but far less are willing to live for it.