Focus on the Family Magazine - April/May 2021
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics. Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics.
Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
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<strong>April</strong> / <strong>May</strong><br />
C<strong>on</strong>tents<br />
Couples<br />
Faith & Inspirati<strong>on</strong><br />
Kids & Teens<br />
11 SKIPPING SCREEN TIME<br />
A marriage insight from<br />
Arlene Pellicane<br />
21 GOD’S LOVE AND FORGIVENESS<br />
A reflecti<strong>on</strong> from Phil Stacey<br />
as told to Ann Byle<br />
31 OUR CHOICE TO LOVE<br />
A parenting tip from<br />
Rob and Amy Ames<br />
Finding Hope for Your<br />
Hurting Marriage<br />
video series<br />
Dr. Gary Chapman is best known for his book The Five Love Languages,<br />
but his decades of work as a marriage counsellor have also enabled him to<br />
provide hope to even <strong>the</strong> most hurting marriages. In this six-part video series,<br />
he speaks to those couples who feel hopeless.<br />
Dr. Chapman addresses <strong>the</strong> necessity of living in reality, our emoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />
needs, depressi<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>trol, abuse and infidelity. In each video, he provides<br />
practical, godly advice for couples who feel all is lost.<br />
12 WHICH GENERATION HAS<br />
THE BEST MARRIAGES?<br />
And what couples can learn<br />
from each o<strong>the</strong>r to win in <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
own relati<strong>on</strong>ships<br />
by Haydn Shaw<br />
17 WHEN YOUR LOVED ONE HURTS<br />
Taking back your marriage<br />
from chr<strong>on</strong>ic pain<br />
by Ginger Kolbaba<br />
22 SCARLETT’S ARRIVAL<br />
A healing gift of hope amid<br />
<strong>the</strong> gravity of grief<br />
by W. Lee Warren<br />
27 BRINGING THE GOSPEL TO LIFE<br />
Revisit Dallas Jenkins’ “The Chosen”<br />
TV series through a new novel by<br />
bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins<br />
by Brittany Raymer<br />
In Every<br />
Issue<br />
4 A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT<br />
5 HACKS & FACTS<br />
10 MEDIA<br />
46 MY THRIVING FAMILY<br />
32 SAYING YES TO GOD’S NUDGE<br />
We thought adopting children with<br />
Down syndrome would be a burden,<br />
but it was <strong>on</strong>e of our greatest<br />
blessings<br />
by Hea<strong>the</strong>r Avis<br />
34 THE FIVE SENSES OF CONNECTION<br />
Creating sensory experiences to<br />
streng<strong>the</strong>n your relati<strong>on</strong>ship with<br />
your kids<br />
by Ted Stackpole<br />
38 DREAMING OF MOTHERHOOD<br />
Lorie had given up <strong>on</strong> her desire to<br />
be a parent, but that was before she<br />
met Natalie<br />
by Thomas Jeffries<br />
41 REDRAWING BOUNDARIES<br />
Know when it’s time to affirm your<br />
kids as adults<br />
by Dr. Henry Cloud<br />
44 BE A GIFT TO YOUR GRANDKIDS<br />
And enjoy <strong>the</strong> unique role<br />
you play in <strong>the</strong>ir lives<br />
by Bruce Gord<strong>on</strong><br />
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