It never ceases to amaze me how God can bring people together in the most amazing ways. Why am I surprised? The FamilyLife team were running A Day Together event for couples at All Souls, Langham Place, London recently and at the end of the day I found myself in deep conversation with a […]
This article accompanies Tish’s story of becoming a single parent. Before looking at the ‘how to’ care for a single parent family it’s very important to consider how it might feel to be a single mum or dad. You can read Tish’s story HERE. It’s worth acknowledging that some people find divorce difficult, but remember that […]
When I look back I see that I had the great privilege of raising my two sons on my own from the ages of 5 and 3. It was not my intention to do this when I married and had children, indeed as a committed Christian it was the last thing that I ever thought […]
Mark & Christine Daniel, Directors FamilyLife UK, were recently invited to speak at the Belong Group gathering of 65 couples in Malta for “A Weekend Together”. Founders Leslie and Charmaine Caruana said: “expectations were exceeded and surpassed.” The Belong Group put together an ambitious programme for the adults and children which included learning and fun […]
We hear a lot about “missional communities” these days and that’s what FamilyLife are helping people to do where they live. We warmly invite you to come to the Vision & Equipping 2015. This is our KEY annual gathering of friends of the ministry plus anyone interested in finding out more about what we do […]
Sounds like ridiculous psychobabble or perhaps an oblique reference to sexual relations doesn’t it? Actually I was inspired to use the term ‘conscious coupling’ by the Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay singer Chris Martin who separated earlier this year explaining their decision as a conscious uncoupling. I’m not going to judge them because I have […]
Bill and Lynda have been married for over 30 years. They live in Cambridge and have two children Alex and Niamh, and have recently increased their family by introducing two rather large rescue dogs, which have made life very interesting. Lynda has an accounting back ground, and is also a qualified counsellor and family consultant spending her time juggling family, […]
With Father’s Day fast approaching we wanted to share this beautiful watercolour celebrating the importance of dads. Sue, the artist, told us what inspired her to paint the picture: “I realise that relationship break up is devastating so many families and wanted to portray the importance of a father’s role within the family. Seeing a […]
Take four couples. One newlywed couple, two couples who have recently celebrated a quarter century together and an inbetweener couple married for fourteen years. Add some great materials i.e. FamilyLife’s Together group workbooks, a few glasses of wine and what do you have? A powerful recipe for strengthening togetherness, apparently. Our Together group recently celebrated the end of […]
Neil and Sue have been married for 30 years and have recently moved to the rural delights of north Dorset where they’ve learned that a mobile phone signal is dependent on the phase of the moon and tractors have pride of place on the roads. They have three children in their twenties and a granddaughter, […]
