Fur babies: substitute child, family asset or living therapy doll? In this blog, we discuss some different views on the rise of the Fur Baby culture.
Byron and Francine Pirola
This Lent, one couple explores how fasting, prayer and generosity can strengthen both faith and marriage—offering practical ways for spouses to grow closer to God and each other together.
Byron and Francine Pirola
International Men’s Day 2026 champions “The Future Is Everyone”, calling men and women to reject division, restore complementarity, and rebuild strong families for the flourishing of society.
Nathaniel Marsh
An empty-nest father urges busy dads to pause amid the chaos, recognise God’s glory in each season of family life, and trade frustration for gratitude before the fleeting years slip away.
National Center for Fathering
Romantic excitement may spark a relationship, but lasting love is built through intention, curiosity and devotion—sustained by mystery, deep commitment, and habits that keep romance alive through every season.
Byron and Francine Pirola
From classic cinema to Olympic ice rinks, this reflection explores love as a dance—dynamic, disciplined and beautiful—inviting husbands and fathers to lead with strength, joy and devotion.
Nathaniel Marsh
Marriage isn’t sustained by luck, but by daily, intentional choices rooted in faith. Together with purpose, couples move beyond chance toward sacramental love that endures, deepens, and flourishes.
Byron and Francine Pirola
Attentiveness and discipline are keys to listening well. When we take the time to listen to our spouse, we strengthen our relationship like nothing else.
Byron and Francine Pirola
Loneliness differs from simple solitude, carrying real emotional and physical costs—especially for the elderly. Yet faith, family, and community offer hope, purpose, and lasting companionship in life’s later years.
Byron and Francine Pirola
We all know the phrase “happily ever after,” but real marriage often looks very different from the fairy tale. What if our expectations of marriage are shaping our experience more than we realise?
Byron and Francine Pirola
Small, intentional rituals can transform ordinary routines into meaningful couple time. Rituals that resonate with our natural habits and desires, and nurture our relationship, provide a rhythm that makes our couple time a regular and positive activity without being a straitjacket.
Byron and Francine Pirola
The art of householding and homemaking lies within everyone’s grasp, with a much wider-reaching impact than we might at first imagine.
Guest Writer
As 2026 begins, let’s keep up the positive momentum. Here are four New Year’s resolutions that can help keep the West on a path of renewal.
Kurt Mahlburg
We chase happiness through success and stuff, yet lasting joy grows elsewhere. Discover why gratitude—not entitlement—nourishes the soul and transforms marriages, families, and everyday life.
Byron and Francine Pirola
At the heart of genuine generosity is personal relationship. In an age of loneliness, by allowing people to encounter our real – and messy – lives, we create true belonging.
Byron and Francine Pirola
Love is a very costly exercise, but it has great rewards and brings great joy. Having celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary, here are our 10 keys to having a great marriage.
Warwick Marsh
What to do with the Honey-Do List standoff, where a spouse (e.g. wife) has a list of expected tasks for her husband to complete? Often, the Honey-Do List turns a home into a battle ground of competing needs — something neither spouse wants.
Byron and Francine Pirola
Nathaniel Marsh reflects on 21.5 years of marriage, the beauty of shared hands and tender moments, and the enduring power of love inspired by family and faith.
Nathaniel Marsh
A gentle call to reclaim our attention from digital distractions, restore presence in our homes, and make room for deeper relationships with device-free time.
Byron and Francine Pirola
Each week, or more often if you like, make a record of one positive in your marriage or family life. It might be a lovely family celebration, a romantic evening, a spiritual encounter or a memorable nature moment together. It’s a bit like creating a gratitude time capsule.
Byron and Francine Pirola
This week, a shocking Pew Research graphic has been making the rounds on social media. It’s a chart showing how dramatically young women’s interest in marriage has fallen away over the past three decades.
Kurt Mahlburg
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