FamilyLife® – A Cru Ministry

<img width="1024" height="317" src="https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/11/How-to-talk-about-marriage-with-friends_1300x403.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="couples on a double date at the beach where perhaps they might talk about marriage" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/11/How-to-talk-about-marriage-with-friends_1300x403.jpg 1300w, https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/11/How-to-talk-about-marriage-with-friends_1300x403.jpg?resize=768,238 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Whether you’ve noticed friends struggling or you want to share the change you’ve seen in your own marriage, it can be awkward to talk about marriage.

<img width="1024" height="317" src="https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/11/8-ways-to-help-your-family-know-jesus_1300x403.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="a family enjoying a picnic by a lake have family devotions which help them grow spiritually through discipleship" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/11/8-ways-to-help-your-family-know-jesus_1300x403.jpg 1300w, https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/11/8-ways-to-help-your-family-know-jesus_1300x403.jpg?resize=768,238 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />There isn’t just one way to disciple our kids. In fact, there are several ways that get us faithfully to our goal of helping our kids know Jesus, trust in Jesus, love Jesus, and live like Jesus.

<img width="1024" height="317" src="https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/11/what-is-worship_1300x403.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="A young family walking to Sunday morning worship carrying their Bibles" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/11/what-is-worship_1300x403.jpg 1300w, https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/11/what-is-worship_1300x403.jpg?resize=768,238 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Sometimes when I hear the word “worship,” I picture a Sunday morning service—the praise team on stage, hands lifted, lights dimmed, and everyone in their best “I-got-it-all-together” outfits.

<img width="1024" height="317" src="https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/09/3-things-to-do-when-struggling-to-forgive-your-spouse_1300x403.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="As they are seated in their home, a wife places her hands on her husband&#039;s shoulder while he is struggling to forgive her." style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/09/3-things-to-do-when-struggling-to-forgive-your-spouse_1300x403.jpg 1300w, https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/09/3-things-to-do-when-struggling-to-forgive-your-spouse_1300x403.jpg?resize=768,238 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />“Will you forgive me?” A phrase that is included at the end of almost all apologies in my marriage.

<img width="1024" height="317" src="https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/09/4-ways-to-talk-and-pray-with-your-kids-when-the-world-feels-unsafe_1300x403.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="On a bench in a park a mother and father comfort their child when the world feels unsafe" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/09/4-ways-to-talk-and-pray-with-your-kids-when-the-world-feels-unsafe_1300x403.jpg 1300w, https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/09/4-ways-to-talk-and-pray-with-your-kids-when-the-world-feels-unsafe_1300x403.jpg?resize=768,238 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />When the world feels unsafe and tragedy feels close to home, how do I help my kids when I'm struggling to wrap my head around it too?