All Family articles
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ArticleWhen ‘why don’t you listen?’ actually applies to parents
Joel Toombs suggests ways in which you can boost your conversation in 2024
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ArticleOn holiday as a solo parent with three small children and God showed up!
Do you recall holidays from your childhood?
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ArticleDo only dads exasperate their kids?
Ephesians 6:1-4 is Paul’s household code, or top tips for raising a good Christian family. But how relevant is it to your family in 2023? The irony of a proudly single man, who spent part of his letter to Corinth telling them that celibacy is the best ...
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ArticleBenefits of adventure as a family
Your children may be addicted to digital screens, but Dawn Savidge believes it’s time they started to live a little!
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BlogHow to do family worship in the home
Up and down the country and across the world, life has suddenly shifted gear for all of us. Families are thrown into the unknown situation of being together every day, with no clubs, activities or outings to break up the days and weeks. And not only do parents and carers now need to be the warm, loving and emotionally available adults that their children need, but we also need to act as pastors at a time when youth and children’s work is halted in most churches.
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BlogCoronavirus: How to minimise family tensions
Coronavirus has resulted in schools closing and many people going into self-isolation. Ruth Jackson spoke to Tim Alford, national director of Limitless (the youth ministry of Elim Pentecostal Church) whose family is currently in self-isolation due to his wife, Jen, displaying symptoms of the Coronavirus. To hear more from Tim on how to support young people and reach out into our communities at this difficult time, check out our social media sites @ycwmag
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BlogHow to be a family friendly church? It might involve nappies...
Annie Wilmott asks, who has your back when your toddler poos through their clothes? The answer, she discovered, was her community. And that has a lot to teach us about being a family-friendly church.
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Faith at homeThe uniqueness of family
I was recently struck by the weird and wonderful uniqueness of families. Of course, we all know that we are unique. I like to think that God made each of us in his image yet different so that in every individual I meet a different part of his image.Now, think ...
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Faith at homeForming faith rituals: Contemplative family time
What does the phrase ‘family devotions’ conjure up for you? A family of four sitting around the kitchen table, one quietly reading the Bible and another leading the family in intercession for the nations?
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IssuesThe Royal Family and mental health
The idea of the British stiff upper lip has been traditionally synonymous with our Royal Family, but the past few months have turned things upside down.
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IssuesModern Family
There's a new family on the block: gangs. CEO of XLP, Patrick Regan, outlines the state of gang activity in the UK, and explores how the Church can be the hope – and the family – these young people need.
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IssuesA family affair
I got an urgent call from a teenage girl who had locked herself in the toilets at KFC. Life had got too much and an increasingly toxic relationship she was caught up in had taken a desperate turn for the worse. We hadn’t talked in over a year, but that day she called me to come and find her.
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