WNIV-AM (Atlanta, Georgia)

In our house, we just say no to Santa. It wasn’t always this way. For the first several years of parenting, Santa was an integral part of our Christmas. We decorated with Santa, took pictures with Santa, sent wish lists to Santa and spent a good part of December building excitement for what Santa would leave under the tree. All the Santa pretending felt fun and harmless. Until one day I decided enough was enough.

Everyone loves the wedding day. Whether you have a grandiose ceremony that you probably spend too much money on or just a trip to the local courthouse, it is an exciting day filled with hope and expectation. Your wedding day is the day you commit to the vows of for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do us part. While I believe most married couples intend to live out these vows and make it to “death do us part,” sadly, that is not always the reality.

Exchanging Our Expletives The dictionary defines “expletives” as “words with no meaning.” They are those words we blurt out as our impromptu expressions of pain, joy, frustration, or surprise. They are words fueled by our emotions and not our intellect. They may not “have meaning” in the sense that they don’t intelligently add to the conversation, but they sure do speak volumes about us. Jesus said, “out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks” (Mat. 12:34).

If you’re running a home business while raising a family, you probably feel like you have two full-time jobs. For many mompreneurs, the last thing on the list of priorities is an exercise routine. In fact, a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics found that new mothers exercise less than childless women their age. Add to that a new business, and you have a recipe for an exhausted, unhealthy mom.

Winter is a challenging month for many reasons. For one, it is simply too cold. Due to the frigid weather outside, it can be hard to leave your house. We often think, “Why go outside when everything I need is right here?” While this is logical, sometimes staying at home all the time during the winter months is a sign of depression. Every year around winter, my depression gets worse. It typically occurs after the Christmas season is over and the new year has begun.

The current statistics regarding teen depression aren't good. In 2025, nearly 1 in 3 high school students reported feeling "so sad or hopeless almost every day for two or more weeks in a row," and they confirmed that they ceased taking part in many of their usual activities. Anxiety and depression have surged by 30% in the last five years, and 60% of the youth who do experience major depressive episodes don't receive any mental health treatment.

Physical connection in marriage is an extremely important element, designed by God, to foster intimacy and oneness.

I don’t like to wait. No, let’s be completely forthright: I despise waiting. There is a certain highway in the city where I live that is notorious for traffic that is snarled for several hours on both sides of rush hour: I avoid it like cream of broccoli soup. Every Sunday morning, there are certain members of my family who move at the speed of a glacier in getting ready for worship, and I’m convinced they make less haste on the days I have to preach. They make me wait, and I don’t like it.

We can read article after article about ways our husbands need to see to our needs. But what about us, as wives, seeing to the needs of our men? Is it a feminist position to take? I argue that yes, it is. As strong women of faith, we play vital roles in the mental, emotional, and spiritual health of our husbands. Are you focusing on being a safe place for them to land when they need it?

How many of us have been awakened by fear in the middle of the night, fears that seem to come from out of nowhere, interrupting our sound sleep when we’re least expecting it, surprising and alarming us in the dark of night? Fear that awakens our hearts to pounding, trembling, and wild thoughts. So where do these troubling fears originate in the middle of the night?