Readers will capture a fresh, God-sized vision for their family. No matter where they are on the parenting journey, they will see God can transform a home. It begins with understanding God's purpose for the family and taking an honest look at the current state of the home. The author shares the foundational truth that God created the family to ensure that each generation grows up to know, love, and serve Him. The Rienows remind readers of the instructions from God given directly to parents...

Many moms feel the pressure and guilt that comes from chasing perfection. The drive for perfection has a significant negative effect on the relationships moms are trying to nurture in their homes. Amy Rienow offers encouragement and empowerment to build healthy relationships and feel joy. She writes like a friend reminding moms to embrace each day to make a real heart-connection with their children. Amy's experience as a counselor and a mother of seven shines through with honest and practi...

When teens are struggling, disconnected, and apathetic, they need parental engagement more than ever. It's not the time to passively accept the behavior as normal and ignore the situation. Rob and Amy Rienow share from a place of genuine concern for teens and parents alike. They remind readers that spiritual apathy is a serious problem that needs to be given proper attention. The Rienow's share five reasons spiritual apathy exists in the lives of teens, and counter those reasons with pract...

Visionary Marriage provides a message to encourage all couples to understand God's purpose for marriage. Insightful marriage advice is given and meant to draw a couple closer to God and to each other. After years of counseling engaged and married couples, the Rienow's realized that most Christian couples did not have a biblical mission and purpose for their family. The couples had learned some things about communication, sexuality, and conflict resolution. But they didn't know WHY God had ...

If your list of "I should be a mom who . . ." feels endless, this book is for you. Many moms feel the pressure and guilt that comes from chasing perfection. The drive for perfection has a significant effect on the relationships moms are trying to nurture in their homes. Amy Rienow offers encouragement and hope to build healthy relationships and feel joy. She writes like a friend reminding moms to embrace each day to make a real heart-connection with their children. Amy's experience as a co...

Find fulfillment in knowing that every task, no matter how small, has incredible significance to God.A mom's work is never finished--from changing diapers and fixing meals, to helping kids with their homework. Often the first one to rise and the last one to sleep, a mom doesn't need a special award for her work; she just wants to feel like her work matters and is appreciated. But often, mothers don't always feel they are affirmed for all that they do.While moms tend to look...

Playing off the themes in the Caldecott Medal-winning children's book Where the Wild Things Are, this informative, practical, and encouraging guide will help parents guide boys down the path to healthy and authentic manhood. Wild Things addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual parts of a boy, written by two therapists who are currently engaged in clinical work with boys and their parents and who are also fathers raising five sons. Contains chapters such as “Sit St...

At 3:00 a.m. on March 1, 2008, Terry Caffey awoke to find his daughter’s boyfriend standing in his bedroom with a gun. An instant later the teen opened fire, killing Terry’s wife, his two sons, and wounding him 12 times, before setting the house ablaze. Terry fell into deep depression and planned to kill himself, but God intervened. Upon visiting his burned-out property, Terry noticed a scorched scrap of paper from one of his wife’s books leaning against a tree trunk. The page read: “[God,...

Gary Chapman writes, "Most people spend far more time in preparation for their vocation than they do in preparation for marriage." No wonder the divorce rate hovers around fifty percent. Bestselling author and marriage counselor Gary Chapman hopes to change that with his newest book. Gary, with more than 35 years of experience counseling couples, believes that divorce is the lack of preparation for marriage and the failure to learn the skills of working together as intimate teammates....

The daughter at the center of the international bestseller Not Without My Daughter completes her story: escaping from Iran, growing up in fear, battling deadly disease, and learning to forgive.Two decades ago, millions of readers worldwide thrilled to the story told in the international bestseller Not Without My Daughter—subsequently made into a film starring Sally Field—that told of an American mother and her six-year-old child's daring escape from an abu...

From the posterboy of Catholic conservatism, a major change of heart and soul on one of the Church's most controversial and intractable stances."This past February, a conservative Roman Catholic blog, Contra|Diction, gave me perhaps my best headline ever: 'Michael Coren Complicit in Destruction of Souls Who Practice Homosexuality, Pt 1' (I'm still waiting for part two). It was one of countless posts, tweets, and articles that have condemned me for coming out in favo...

Biblical parenting involves encouraging, exhorting, and empathizing with children according to their unique needs and character. This re-release of Different Children, Different Needs clarifies what the Bible means when it commands us to "train up a child in the way he should go" (Proverbs 22:6). It teaches moms and dads how to understand the personality God has given each of their children and how to tailor their parenting styles to meet their children's needs. Pastor Charles Boyd uses th...