Articles on Balance

Deep in the heart of the farmlands of the Midwest, a housewife tucks her children into their beds, kissing each one gently, singing softly as she leaves the room. Her little ones (...)

A reader asks: how can I encourage my Visionary husband to focus his creative abilities when doing anything steady is an almost repulsive idea?

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Pearl, First of all, praise God for Created to Be His Help Meet! A woman at my church recommended this book to me. I started reading it and it has changed my (...)

When I was a young mother I often wondered “Does what I do matter?” My life seemed so purposeless. Most days were spent cleaning the house, changing diapers, cooking meals, fee (...)

A tongue-in-cheek parody of C.S. Lewis... My Dear Wormwood, I was thrilled to hear you have been making progress with the mother. You have a good lead, from what I hear.

God has shown us what is good and what is required of us. So much of our religion is not required by God; some of it is not even good.

I remember the first time I asked for details in a prayer and God knocked me off my feet in surprise. He cared even about the little things

As a kid I was trained to eat to live, not live to eat. I was taught that food makes your body healthy or unhealthy, lean or fat, that overeating was gluttony and gross.

How can we minister as a family when we live out in the country and rarely encounter unsaved people?