Focus on the Family Magazine - August/September 2023
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics. Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics.
Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
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AUG / SEP <strong>2023</strong><br />
table of c<strong>on</strong>tents<br />
28<br />
in every issue<br />
4 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT<br />
5 MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT<br />
6 OFF THE SHELF<br />
8 HACKS & FACTS<br />
24 ADULT KIDS<br />
42 GRANDPARENTING<br />
46 MY THRIVING FAMILY<br />
kids & teens<br />
12 REACHING YOUNG HEARTS<br />
Robin J<strong>on</strong>es Gunn became<br />
a missi<strong>on</strong>ary to milli<strong>on</strong>s<br />
through her writing<br />
by Benjamin Hawkins<br />
17 YOU KNOW YOU’RE A<br />
HOME-SCHOOL PARENT WHEN . . .<br />
by Skay Johns<strong>on</strong><br />
18 WHO GOD MADE THEM TO BE<br />
Does your home-educati<strong>on</strong><br />
philosophy treat your kids as<br />
projects or individuals?<br />
by Leah Boden<br />
20 THE GREAT<br />
SMARTPHONE DEBATE<br />
Is your child ready<br />
for <strong>the</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>sibility?<br />
by Arlene Pellicane<br />
23 TAYLOR SWIFT: MIDNIGHTS<br />
by Adam Holz<br />
39<br />
6<br />
Great Reads<br />
From <str<strong>on</strong>g>Focus</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Family</strong><br />
17<br />
couples<br />
26 CONVERSATION 2.0<br />
Improve communicati<strong>on</strong> by<br />
dismantling defensiveness in<br />
your marriage<br />
by Jill Savage<br />
28 BOUNDARIES IN MARRIAGE<br />
How to set marriage-streng<strong>the</strong>ning<br />
boundaries with your spouse<br />
by Vicki Hooper<br />
30 ‘I’M MARRIED?’<br />
Piecing toge<strong>the</strong>r my life could<br />
<strong>on</strong>ly be d<strong>on</strong>e with my husband’s<br />
help—a husband of whom I had<br />
no memory<br />
by Marcy Gregg as told to Margot Starbuck<br />
faith &<br />
inspirati<strong>on</strong><br />
36 BOUNDLESS<br />
25 years of reaching young adults<br />
by Scott Johns<strong>on</strong><br />
39 FAMILY MEMORY VERSE<br />
Depend <strong>on</strong> God<br />
20<br />
40 MOVIE MESSAGES: TOY STORY<br />
Seek and find worldviews<br />
while having fun as a family<br />
by Plugged In staff<br />
44 GRANDMA CAUGHT YOU . . .<br />
Living out your faith<br />
3
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