Books
- Braving Sorrow Together: The Transformative Power of Faith and Community When Life Is Hard, Moody Publishers, October 3, 2017
- Team Us: The Unifying Power of Grace, Commitment, and Cooperation in Marriage, Moody Publishers, 2014.
eBooks
- Better Together: Stories of Faith, Community, and Braving Sorrow Together, eBook, 2017
- 5 Simple Marriage Tools You Should Know, eBook, 2015
- Team Us: Study Guide, eBook, 2014.
Articles and Posts
Boundless
- How Teachable Are You?, April 10, 2023
- How to Recognize Gossip and Shut It Down, October 3, 2022
- Don’t Bury Your Relational Issues, April 4, 2022
- Be More Flexible, February 7, 2022
- The Possibilities of Discontentment, November 15, 2021
- Why a Boring Marriage Is a Good Thing, August 16, 2021
- Has Cancel Culture Influenced How You Date?, March 29, 2021
- Time Is Always a Gift, January 4, 2021
- Criticize Less, Praise More, December 7, 2020
- 6 Truths About Marriage Every Engaged Couple Needs to Hear, July 6, 2020
- Why Reactions Hurt and Responses Heal, May 4, 2020
- Love Isn’t Enough to Keep You Together, May 20, 2019
- How Planning a Wedding Prepares You for Marriage, February 18, 2019
- How to Live an Out-of-Control Life, December 31, 2018
- How to Navigate Differences in Your Relationship, July 2, 2018
- When Others Grieve, Talk Less and Listen More, March 12, 2018
- When Personalities Collide, October 23, 2017
- 5 Things You Can Do Now to Prepare for Marriage, April 18, 2016
- 3 Ways Friends Can Help Your Relationship, Boundless Blog, March 23, 2016
- When Friends and Romance Mix, March 21, 2016
- You + Me = Family, November 23, 2015
- 3 Ways to Fight for a Better Relationship, July 28, 2014
Huffpost
- How Date Night Movies Meet Both Men and Women’s Needs, July 20, 2017
- 3 Strategies for Resolving Small Marital Conflicts That Feel Big, June 30, 2017
- Invite the Grim Reaper to Your Wedding, March 20, 2016
- 5 Lessons on Marriage from Downtown Abbey, December 28, 2015
- 5 Ways Couples Can Face the Holidays Together, November 23, 2015
- The Price of an Open Marriage, September 25, 2015
- A Hobbit Lesson on Conflict in Marriage, September 14, 2015
- The 4 Stages of Marital Culture Shock, May 1, 2015
- The Expected Case of the Absent Wedding Cake, April 12, 2015
- When Your Marriage Needs a Break, March 14, 2015
- The Proper Care and Folding of T-Shirts, February 25, 2015
- What Gone With the Wind Taught Me About Marriage, February 18, 2015
- 5 Great Ways Couples Can Embrace Marriage as a Team, February 12, 2015
- How to Salvage a Valentine’s Day Gone Wrong, February 6, 2015
The Courage
- How to brave the loss of your dream, April 10, 2019
- Three ways to navigate personality clashes in marriage, September 4, 2018
- Teach your kids to be includers this year, August 27, 2018
- Why we need to tell our children that ‘not fair’ is a good thing, August 23, 2018
- Why being ‘right’ in marriage is wrong, July 23, 2018
- How to help your daughter respond to ‘mean girls’, July 11, 2018
- Why your everyday work is more important than you think, May 18, 2018
- How a shared activity helps your marriage, May 14, 2018
- The best way to respond to rude people, April 2, 2018
- How to improve communication with your spouse, March 16, 2018
- Three qualities every marriage needs, January 18, 2018
- Teaching your teen how to resolve conflict, December 19, 2017
- Why church is good for your marriage, December 19, 2017
- This will bring you and your spouse closer during the holidays, December 12, 2017
- 3 Ways to Parent as a Team, November 29, 2017
- When It’s Hard to Be Thankful, November 21, 2017
- If You Want to Reconnect with Your Spouse, Trying Doing This, November 17, 2017
- When Loss Makes the Holidays Hard, November 15, 2017
- How to Brave the Sorrow of Losing Someone You Love, October 4, 2017
- Why Marriage Comes Before Parenting, September 22, 2017
- It’s Not Too Late to Make Your Marriage Stronger, September 19, 2017
- How to Find Friends Who Strengthen Your Marriage, September 12, 2017
- How to Encourage Your Discouraged Spouse, September 6, 2017
- Why Life-Giving Words Matter to Your Kids, August 24, 2017
- How to Respond to Your Disappointed Child, August 15, 2017
- The Best Way to Respond when Someone Offends You, August 10, 2017
- When Your Spouse Annoys You, August 1, 2017
- When Conflict in Marriage Feels Hopeless, July 27, 2017
- How to Help Your Angry Child, July 20, 2017
- How to Inspire Patriotism in Your Kids This Fourth of July, June 30, 2017
- How I’m Making the Most of My Time as a Parent, June 26, 2017
- Three Ways to Keep Your Marriage Strong Over Long Distance, June 22, 2017
- When Their Life Seems Better Than Yours, June 12, 2017
For the Family
- When Loss Makes the Holidays Hard, November 2017
- How to Tell If You Isolate Yourself During Sorrow, October 2017
- How to Be a Couple of Influence, September 2017
- 5 Date Night Movies Both Husbands and Wives Will Enjoy, August 2017
- What to Do When You and Your Spouse Feel Out of Synch, July 2017
- 3 Ways Community Keeps Us Needy and Why That is a Good Thing, June 2017
- What the Day You’d Do Over Says About You, May 2017
- How to Help Your Kids Be More Adventurous Eaters, April 2017
- 3 Age-Defying Activities the Entire Family Can Enjoy, March 2017
- 5 Relationship-Building Tools for Your Marriage, January 2017
- 3 Ways to Help Your Daughter Respond Well to Mean Girls, December 2016
- Why Every Marriage Can Use Some Both/And, November 2016
- 3 Ways Your Kids Can Actively Engage Media, October 2016
- Why You Should Hit Pause Before You Vent to Your Spouse, September 2016
- How to Stop Playing Cutthroat Marriage, August 2016
- 3 Ways to Help Your Kids Process Loss, July 5, 2016
- God and Pregnancy Disappointments, June 1, 2016
- 3 Reasons to Be Vulnerable with Your Kids, April 6, 2016
- 5 Marriage Survival Tips for Family Travel, February 29, 2016
- Hope for the Hero in Your Spouse, February 2, 2016
- We’ll Always Have Paris … and Sushi, January 12, 2016
- Take a Leap of Faith with Your Spouse, December 2, 2015
- How to Stop Competition from Fueling Your Parenting, November 4, 2015
- When Your Spouse Works Too Much, September 1, 2015
- 3 Great Ways to Keep Your Marriage Strong, August 4, 2015
- Your Marriage: What Would Your Kids Say?, July 7, 2015
- How to Make a Kid-Sized Communication Sandwich, June 3, 2015
- How to Make Your Marriage a Priority When You Have Small Children, May 6, 2015
- Navigating the Seven-Year Itch, April 1, 2015
- 3 Ways to Connect with Your Kids’ Quirks, February 2, 2015
- 3 Reasons to Laugh Together as a Family, January 5, 2015
- A Media Guide for Your Marriage, December 2, 2014
- 3 Reasons to Go on a Marriage Retreat, November 19, 2014
- Bell the Cat in Your Marriage, October 7, 2014
- The Friends We Keep: She Says, September 3, 2014
- Write Your Story Together, August 5, 2014
- 3 Adventurous Tools for Resolving Conflict, July 1, 2014
- 3 Lessons from History’s Most Infamous Duo, June 2, 2014
- Feed Your Spouse Praise, May 1, 2014
- When a Friend’s Marriage Falters, April 2, 2014
- Solving the World’s Problems, Together, March 5, 2014
- Two Ways to Salvage a Day Gone Wrong, February 14, 2014
- When Marriage Meets Busy: A Game Plan, January 23, 2014
FocusontheFamily.com
- Guiding Your Child Through Grief, August 2017
- Cultivate Gratitude at Thanksgiving, October/November 2016
- 4 Ways to Calm Toddler Tantrums, October/November 2015
- 5 Ways Helping Others Can Improve My Marriage, March 2015
iBelieve.com
- When You Grieve the Loss of a Dream, October 9, 2017
- How to Instill in Your Kids a Love for the Arts, January 23, 2017
- 2 Simple Ways to Recognize Ministry Opportunities from God, October 12, 2015
- 5 Simple Ways You Can Make Time for Self-Care This Fall, September 8, 2015
- 2 Powerful Declarations for All the Moms with ‘Mom Bods’, May 27, 2015
- I’m 49% Mother and 51% Wife – And It Has to Be That Way, March 27, 2015
- 5 Reasons Church is Good for Your Marriage, October 28, 2014
- 3 Steps Towards Creating Teamwork in Your Marriage, May 28, 2014
- Work Beautifully, March 6, 2014
- The Princess in Need of Rescue, February 12, 2014
- Quilting Grief, November 14, 2013
- When Panic Attacks, September 30, 2013
- When Mommy Needs a Time Out, July 10, 2013
- Carpe Urbem!, June 11, 2013
- The Value of Play, April 29, 2013
- Grieving Miscarriage with Our Kids, March 13, 2013
- The Beauty of a Lived In House, February 12, 2013
Fulfilling Your Vows
- How to Better Leave and Cleave in Marriage, September 13, 2017
- Why Every Couple Needs These 3 Types of Married Friends, August 23, 2017
- 3 Steps to Take When Communication Is Frustrating, July 19, 2017
- 3 Strategies for Navigating Stressful Decisions with Your Spouse, June 7, 2017
- How to Recover from a Communication Miss Mess, November 16, 2016
- What Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, October 4, 2015
- The Uniting Power of a Common Enemy, March 3, 2015
Start Marriage Right
- Invite the Grim Reaper to Your Wedding, March 22, 2016
- A Hobbit Lesson on Conflict in Marriage, July 31, 2015
- The Both/And Marriage, May 14, 2015
- The 4 Stages of Marital Culture Shock, March 12, 2015
- The Proper Care and Folding of T-Shirts, December 26, 2014
- The Newlywed 20, November 10, 2014
- Say Goodnight, Together, September 3, 2014
- Our Song, Then and Now, June 25, 2014
- The Expected Case of the Absent Cake, March 19, 2014
- The Process of Marrification, January 27, 2014
- No Hope for Christmas, December 24, 2013
- The Fix-It Man and His Wife, July 13, 2013
- The Death Wish, May 27, 2013
- A Lighthearted Marriage, April 24, 2013
- 3 Ways to Embrace Differences in Marriage, February 6, 2013
- 3 Steps to Starving Your Married Crush Quickly, January 31, 2013
- Team Us, December 26, 2012
- The Friendship Inventory, December 4, 2012
Thriving Family
- Why Toddler Modesty?, February/March 2016
- Avoid the Meltdown, October/November 2015
- Connect with Your Kids Activity, August/September 2014
- Kids and Crowd Safety, Summer 2013
- Restaurant Survival Tips, August/September 2012
- No Sibling “Bothers,” December 2011
- Maintain Media Standards, October/November 2011
- The Dino Dialogue, Summer 2011
- The Princess Culture, January/February 2011
- A Gift Unwanted, November/December 2010
- Minivan Moments, September/October 2010
- Kids and Commercials, July/August 2010
- Girl Power?, May/June 2010
- Headstrong Princesses and Curious Monkeys, March/April 2010
Crosswalk.com
- 3 Ways to Navigate the Stages of Grief, October 17, 2017.
- 4 Proven Ways to Develop Patience with Your Spouse, January 27, 2016
- 3 Ways Parents Can Team Up for the Holidays, December 11, 2015
- 3 Ways to Better Parent as a Team, October 2, 2015
- How to Salvage a Valentine’s Day Gone Wrong, February 9, 2015
- 3 Great Ways Couples Can Embrace the New Year as a Team, January 5, 2015
- 5 Ways for Husbands and Wives to Face the Holidays as a Team, December 10, 2014
- 5 Things to Tell Your Husband This Father’s Day, June 11, 2014
- Coffee Talk with JJ Heller, February 25, 2013
- Coffee Talk with Plumb, January 9, 2013
The Better Mom
- How to Teach Your Kids to Trust God When Life Is Hard, The Better Mom, October 3, 2017
- What We Can Learn About Marriage from HGTV’s Fixer Upper, The Better Mom, February 7, 2016
- Everybody’s a Fixer Upper, The Better Mom, November 25, 2014
- Grieving Together, Differently, The Better Mom, October 6, 2014
- The {Thai} Breaker in Marriage, The Better Mom, September 9, 2014
- When Femininity Becomes a Bad Word, The Better Mom, August 6, 2014
- Forget About It … For Good, The Better Mom, July 7, 2014
- 3 Ways to Better Parent Together, The Better Mom, June 6, 2014
Faithlife Women
- God and Pregnancy Disappointments, Faithlife Women, February 4, 2015
- 2 Tools to Help Kids Do Anger Better, Faithlife Women, January 16, 2015
- Early Morning Brave, Faithlife Women, December 11, 2014
- What Gone with the Wind Taught Me about Marriage, Faithlife Women, November 21, 2014
- Who’s Always Right in Your Marriage, Faithlife Women, October 29, 2014
The Time-Warp Wife
- 3 Simple Ways Couples Can Change Together, January 26, 2016
- What TV Couple Are You?, September 11, 2014
- Brave Your Marriage, August 19, 2014
- Living Well, Forgetfully, July 10, 2014
- How to Have a Lighthearted Marriage, June 17, 2014
- The Secret to Finishing Your Marriage Well, May 30, 2014
- Everybody’s Workin’ for the Weeknight: 4 Reasons to Love Weeknight Dates, April 15, 2014
- Spring Cleaning for the Musty Marriage, March 18, 2014
- Of Good Cheer, February 17, 2014
- Cutthroat Marriage, January 14, 2014
- “Easy” Isn’t Worth the Cost of an Unhappy Marriage, March 27, 2012
Ungrind
- 3 Fun Ways to Parent in Real Time, November 10, 2015
- Reflections on Nichole Nordeman’s “The Unmaking”, September 23, 2015
- Who Is Always Right in Your Marriage?, July 24, 2015
- How to Avoid a Cutthroat Marriage, February 26, 2015
- One Secret to Overlooking Your Spouse’s Flaws, January 21, 2015
- Just Rise Up!: An Interview with Sarah Francis Martin, October 14, 2014
- Embrace Friendship in Your Marriage, September 29, 2014
- Embrace Oneness in Your Marriage, September 22, 2014
- Embrace Differences in Your Marriage, September 15, 2014
- Embrace Change in Your Marriage, September 8, 2014
- Embrace Grace in Your Marriage, September 1, 2014
- 4 Ways to Practice Patience in Your Marriage, June 12, 2014
- The Happy Wife: An Interview with Arlene Pellicane, January 31, 2014
- Frozen: A Takeaway, Not A Review, January 12, 2014
- The Slow Wean, December 11, 2012
- One Thousand Gifts and Other Devotional Picks, December 4, 2012
- The Pioneer Woman’s “Charlie and the Christmas Kitty”: A Review, November 6, 2012
- Words from the Other Woman: An Interview with Rebecca Halton, October 28, 2012
- A Year of Biblical Womanhood: A Review, October 24, 2012
- Soul Check with Sarah Kittle, September 24, 2012
- The Daily Ungrind, September 10, 2012
- The Starbucks Neighbor, May 21, 2012
- The Good Wife’s Guide: An Interview with Darlene Schacht, May 2, 2012
- Money Talk with Crystal Paine, March 14, 2012
- Ask Arlene: An Interview with Arlene Pellicane, March 7, 2012
- The Real Couple Behind “The Vow”, February 13, 2012
- Deeper With JJ Heller, January 30, 2012
- Be Courageous, Mommy, January 27, 2012
- Eva and the Big Ship, January 22, 2012
- Fail With Gusto, January 14, 2012
- We Named Her Noah, June 1, 2010
- Starve a Crush Club, July 19, 2009
- A Time to Mourn: Reflections on Naming the Child, May 3, 2009
- Choosing Motherhood, February 16, 2009
- Growing Up Cameron: An Interview with Barbara Cameron, December 29, 2008
- The Bottle Battle, October 13, 2008
- Fireproof—A Review, September 22, 2008
- It’s My Party, April 15, 2008
- Starve a Crush, February 12, 2008
- Relationships: A Mess Worth Making—A Review, February 1, 2008
- Review of Get Married: What Women Can Do to Help It Happen, January 22, 2008
- My Journal of "Foolish" Faith, December 18, 2007
- Lovely Bella, November 4, 2007
- Review of The Penny: A Novel by Joyce Meyer & Deborah Bedford, November 1, 2007
- Called to Co-Labor, October 24, 2007
- Book Review of Hope Rising: Stories from the Ranch of Rescued Dreams, October 1, 2007
- Deeper Dependency, September 26, 2007
KirkCameron.com
- 5 Ways to Make Your Marriage Stronger, February 19, 2015
- The Repent Game, December 19, 2012
- Of Bats and Batgirls, December 14, 2012
Unveiled Wife
- What to Do When You’re Married to the Grinch, Unveiled Wife, December 3, 2015
- 5 Winning “Team Us” Strategies to Make Marriage Awesome, Unveiled Wife, December 5, 2014
Growth Trac
- When Times Get Tough, Growth Trac, June 2014
- The Friends We Keep, Growth Trac, June 2014
(in)Courage
- The Shampoo Hoarder, March 14, 2012
Momsense
- The Weeping Lesson, March/April 2010
Marriage Partnership
- Thanks a Lot, Jane Austen, Spring 2008
Clubhouse, Jr.
- You Make It: Fridge Critters, May 2010
- You Make It: My Weather Chart, March 2010
- You Make It: My Cloud Keeper, March 2010
Additional Published Articles and Guest Blog Posts
- Stop Saying ‘God Works Everything Out For Good’ to Those Grieving Right Now, Charmisa News, November 22, 2017
- What Not to Say to Someone Grieving a Miscarriage, Praise.com, November 14, 2017
- When You and Your Husband Grieve Loss Differently, Club 31 Women, October 4, 2017
- 3 Truths for the Mom Who Has Had a Miscarriage, Kindred Grace, October 4, 2017
- Today’s Marriage Prayer — Grieving Together in Loss, Today’s Marriage Prayers, October 4, 2017
- 8 Great Ways Couples Can Embrace Life, M Magazine, February/March 2015
- 3 Ways to Calm Fear in a Post-Miscarriage Pregnancy, Overcomer Outreach, February 8, 2015
- When Smartphones Put Pressure On Your Marriage…, Bronwyn Lea’s blog, September 2, 2014
- Why Payback in Our Marriage is Optional, Emily T. Wierenga, June 13, 2014
- 5 Things to Tell Your Husband This Father’s Day, Faith Village, June 9, 2014
- 5 Things to Tell Your Husband This Father’s Day, Tampa Bay Parenting, June 6, 2014
- Practice Patience with Your Spouse, Devotional Diva, May 29, 2014
- A 30-Year Echo, Bronwyn Lea’s blog, May 14, 2014
- Easter Mourning Together, MORF, April 18, 2014
- A Book to Read Before You Live, Readerly, January 20, 2014
- Guest Post with Ashleigh from Ungrind, Lady Lullabuy’s Blog, May 21, 2013
- Family Story: My Own Soap, Family Currents Newsletter, August 2012
- What’s Your Story — Ashleigh, Devotional Diva, May 25, 2012
- Kids in the House, The Small Group Exchange, November 2008
- Go Get ’em Tiger! Being a Supportive Wife in Small Group Ministry, The Small Group Exchange, August 2008
- I Can Fly!, Angels on Earth, March/April 2007
- Get a Grip, Sunday/Monday Woman, September/October 2001
- An Unexpected Customer, Sunday/Monday Woman, July/August 2001
- An Unexpected Customer, Campus Life, September/October, 2000
- All Music Guide Music Review Contributor, 2001-2003
- Linc (Living in Christ): Youth Connecting Faith and Culture Music Review Writer, 1995-2000
- Music Review, YOU!, March 1997, April 1997
- Music Review, Youth ’98, January 1998
- Music Review, Youth ’97, April 1997, June 1997, August 1997
- Music Review, The Magazine for Christian Youth, August 1995
Focus on the Family Magazine
(Now out-of-print)
- Like Mother, Like Daughter, June/July 2009
- The Dishes Can Wait, December 2008
- So I’m a Pastor’s Kid, October 2008
- When Ordinary Becomes an Adventure, April 2008
- The Giver of Life, July 2007
Focus on Your Child
(Now out-of-print)
- Holiday Historians, December 2006
- Teaching Modesty Early, November/December 2006
Brio/Brio & Beyond
(Now out-of-print)
- The Chick Flick Unveiled, Brio & Beyond, June 2007
- I Can Fly!, Brio Magazine, April 2001
Radiant Magazine Online
(Now out-of-print)
- Lie to Me, May 13, 2009
- Altared Plans, June 10, 2008
- Beauty in Stretch Marks, March 25, 2008
- Choosing Motherhood, January 28, 2008
- Prime-Time Parking, December 13, 2007
- Ready to Be Amazed, September 25, 2007
Contributor to These Books
- “Thanks A Lot, Jane Austen” in The Heart of Marriage: Stories that Celebrate the Adventure of Life by Dawn Camp, Revell, 2017.
- “Appendix I: Coping with Miscarriage” in Expectant Parents: Preparing Together for the Journey of Parenthood by Suzanne Hadley Gosselin, Focus on the Family/Tyndale Publishers, 2014.
- “The Starbucks Stranger” in Couch Rebels: Because Stories Like These Aren’t Told by Potatoes, Causepub, 2013.
- “An Unexpected Customer” in Chicken Soup for the Christian Teenage Soul: Stories to Open the Hearts of Christian Teens, HCI Teeens, 2003
- Music Reviews in All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap and Hip-Hop, Backbeat Books, 2003
- Music Reviews in All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul, Backbeat Books, 2003
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