Articles on Christian parenting, relationships and nurturing family relationships.
Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God. Psalm 42:11 Link to audio. Sadness can simply be explained as the state of not being happy while depression is a state of unhappiness or hopelessness. We often experience these...
The question that may be on the minds of many after reading Learning to Love (I - III) is whether Meg did the right thing by staying in her marriage or whether she should have walked away a long time ago. The Bible has given Christians the grounds for divorce which is adultery. But it...
An Interview with Mrs. Margaret Sackey –a marriage counsellor (continued from last week) Her take on love in marriages? In the first few years of marriage, especially for those who marry in their twenties and thirties, the focus is on physical intimacy, attraction etc. However as you grow older, the focus shifts from just the two...
An interview with Mrs. Margaret Mensah - a marriage counsellor Continued from last week Jesus in the Boat Meg's newfound relationship with Christ marked a new chapter in her life. She became committed to church activities. Some years after accepting Christ, she went into full-time Christian ministry. Her work involved encouraging people going through difficult moments, speaking to...
We all marry with the best of expectations for our marriages. However some marriages go sour along the way; this may be because one partner becomes uncommitted to the union. What do you do when that happens? Let's read on to glean some insights from Margaret's story. An interview with Mrs. Margaret Mensah (a marriage...
of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command; I Chronicles 12:32 NKJV The COVID pandemic that struck the globe this year has tested the pulses of leaders across the world - from presidents,...
Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honour to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7 NKJV How can a couple enjoy life together? The Bible gives blueprints on how this can be achieved. In...
"Redeeming the time because the days are evil". Ephesians 5: 16 COVID-19 brought in its wake a total or partial lock down in many countries around the globe. In areas where there was no lock down, there were restrictions on public gathering and social distancing became the new normal. As a result schools were closed, churches...
“Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you! See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins. Isaiah...
Dear woman, I am writing this letter to you because I walk the same path that you do. As they say, marriage is the only institution where you are awarded a certificate before the exam. Some of you reading this letter, have already received this certificate and are in various stages of answering the examination questions. Thankfully,...
