Sharon Kalipai – Maintaining strong bonds and staying connected with friends and family after you move to a foreign country is never easy. The longer you’re away, the more strenuous it is to stay meaningfully connected to people you’ve left behind.
How can you keep in touch with your aging parents? How can you foster deep relationships between your children and their grandparents or cousins living back home? How to let your extended family know that you still care? Continue reading
Mark Alexander – Rhetorical question: “Why is our culture suddenly producing so many young men who want to murder innocent people? Could things like fatherlessness, the breakdown of families, isolation from civil society, or the glorification of violence be contributing factors?” —Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
In advance of Father’s Day each year, I am reminded, first and foremost, of the role I’m called to be by God the Father — a father to my children. But when I think about “fatherhood,” the word invokes my relationship with the person who indelibly imprinted my own life as a father.
Nanice Ellis – We are all waking up! The problem is, we are each waking up at different rates. This is particularly challenging when it occurs within families.
If you are reading this, chances are you are more awake than others in your life, and maybe this presents some issues. After all, when you are awake, it can be super difficult to deal with family members, such as parents, siblings and in-laws, who are still sleeping, especially when our habitual reactions to family dynamics can cause us to go unconscious (showing us where we are still asleep ourselves.) Continue reading
Brooks Agnew – The Massachusetts city of Cambridge has put in place a measure that recognizes domestic partnerships of more than two people, euphemistically referred to a polyamorous “families,” which in practice means sexual relationships between multiple adults in one household.
The Christian Post reported on the radical social construct:
A domestic partnership in the city that is home to Harvard University is now defined as “the entity formed by two or more persons” who are not related and “consider themselves to be a family.” They must file a registration stating that they are “in a relationship of mutual support, caring and commitment and intend to remain in such a relationship.” Continue reading
Physical wellness among all family members is a success to be celebrated. More so if it’s the result of a deliberate family effort to make healthier choices moving forward. This very enthusiasm can also be directed towards spiritual health. The wellbeing of your family is greatly enhanced should you take steps to raise its consciousness.
Such methods include:
Instilling positive beliefs is crucial to the healthy development of your kids. Especially in a world fraught with negativity and disasters that can place a strain on your optimism. Faced with such realities, a positive outlook of the world that has been fortified over time can serve as strong armor against their effects. Reminding your children to always be positive will have a therapeutic effect on you. Continue reading