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Fall is notorious for comfort foods like pumpkin spice lattes and game day nachos. Combine these tempting seasonal staples with darker, shorter days and it can be hard to maintain an active mindset. Despite the enticement to indulge, you can keep your active lifestyle going or even kick off a new fitness regime with these tips.

For me, one of the most challenging and busies times of the year is the holiday season. It is when I discover my overcommitted schedule and endless obligations have created a very underwhelmed soul.

How do busy moms do it all so seamlessly?

If you're frustrated with your husband or just want to draw his heart closer to yours, I have a strategy that I've seen work over and over.

How healthy are you going into this holiday season?

While you can try to steer clear of germs, pump up the antioxidants, and even get your flu shots, one of the healthiest habits you can cultivate is to express a grateful heart.

It’s not easy to watch your parents age. Helping parents transition into the later years can be a delicate matter, but there are ways you can help them ease into the elderly stage and to cope better.  

For many Christian artists, Thanksgiving holidays are extra special. For some, it may be the only season they truly get to relax! We caught up with some of your favorite artists to hear first-hand what Thanksgiving season means to them.
From CCM Magazine!

An inseparable couple married for 70 years were finally reunited after being kept apart for months due to the restrictions for coronavirus. Their reunion is just precious!

My mind raced with questions:  Why did this happen? What did I do wrong? Could I have prevented this?  The weight of these questions haunted me and left me feeling like it was my fault that my little boy had autism....

Here's a guide to some popular varieties of turkey to help you decide what's right for your table

Family members do mean well during holiday get-togethers.  They ask questions that single people absolutely dread.

Here are some of the questions single Christians hate hearing the most during the holidays, and better questions to ask instead. 

This year, give yourself permission to savor the holiday and all its pleasures as a participant, rather than a harried host.

My family has always had fun creating a special atmosphere in which to greet guests. We aren’t the formal dinner-party type, but we love fashioning a casually festive ambience for simple gatherings with special touches...

As every married couple learns, each day of marriage brings challenges – no matter how perfect the wedding may have seemed.

Fear stands at the doorway of our destinies and dares us to step inside. It bullies us into believing that if we step across the threshold we will fail, or worse yet, God will fail us....

I had this nifty little equation cemented in my mind. It went like this: crying baby = bad mom.  Well, at least one of my children has misbehaved or made foolish choices. I guess that puts me in bold contention for worst mom of the year. Or decade.

Or does it?

It is not always easy to give thanks, but this is the very thing we must do in order to see God's will accomplished in our lives. This is how we move into higher realms of faith for ourselves, for our city, and for our nation...

You’re single. The novelty of a bachelor/bachelorette lifestyle wore off long ago, and you’re ready to meet someone and settle down.  Here are some ways to help you determine if you're ready for a relationship....

When does “getting in shape” become something I worship, so focused on achieving specific visual results that I’m never truly content with my appearance, never able to be grateful for the body God has given me?

Just when you think you have them all settled down for an afternoon nap, that's when the surprises come!

This mama had her camera rolling on nap time, and what she captured on video was both hilarious and adorable!

Count 'em -- 5 recipes to cover a whole week, and each one only uses one pot to prepare (OK, not counting the cutting board!)

Here are not only some great recipes, but some quick easy techniques, for those days when you need a quick, easy to clean up meal for the whole family.