The Family, Its Issues

As with all groups of people, the family has its fair share of issues. Its own “important topics or problems for debate or discussion” (Oxford Languages). They range from personal to interpersonal and from specific to shared. Because families cannot escape issues, members must try to find ways to work around and/or resolve them. In

The Family, A Ministry

There are many functions of a family. As mentioned in our previous blog, the family is the first institution and the first point of socialization. Family care for and support its members and grow and nurture children. One important function that a family serves is to minister, both to the members and to others. Families

The Family, The Foundation

A family is defined, by Dictionary.com, as “a basic social unit of parents and their children, considered as a group, dwelling together or not.” A family is the simplest structure within society. Think of each family as a building block. When the blocks are placed together, we get a blend of people living, doing business,

Live in your Purpose

When you have realized what your purpose is, there is only one thing to do, And that is to walk in purpose. Boldly approach the tasks you have planned, While you live in purpose. As you go about doing your day-to-day activities, Remember your purpose. Carefully select and set your goals, So that you may

Knowing Purpose

Mark Twain once said life consists of two very important days, The day you were born and the day you find out why. The ‘why’ is your purpose, That which you complete before, to this world, you say bye. Then, if it is important, sooner rather than later, you need to know wherein your purpose

Road to Purpose

There is something for us to do, a task, or two to accomplish, But how do we know what that is? How can we tell what it is that we are meant to do? Where do we start the search? Who tells us where to go to find it? Is there a guide that takes

Committed

Commitment turns a promise into reality with words that speak boldly of your intentions and actions that speak louder than words.” —Steve Brunkhorst We talk about red flags in a relationship, but one huge green flag is and will always be someone who proves that they are committed to their union. Commitment is defined by

Worth the Work

Relationships are rarely easy. Friendships, parent-children, sibling, husband-wife, family, employee-employee; from the least to the most complex, they all come with their own challenges and issues. Romantic relationships are no different and they do not come with manuals. Additionally, one strategy does not work for all relationships. They way you deal with issues with your

A Love Decision

At some point in our lives we all have big decisions to make, some of which have crucial consequences on our future. It is never an easy task to make these decisions and we will all find that we rely on something, or someone, in these instances. Perhaps it’s a group of friends or that

A Broken Heart

Have you ever experienced great distress and brokenness even to the point where you start manifesting physical symptoms such as chest pain or headache? If your answer is yes, then we have at least that one thing in common. Heartache is very real, and it may be accompanied by very real symptoms, physical and emotional.