How to Be a Better Friend and Understand Your Adult Children
By: Jenny Baxter
How do you be a better friend, colleague, or for that matter, mother to your adult children? Read more
Tag Archive for: friendship
Four Things You Should Never Say to Someone Who is Hurting
Once when I was young and I had a position of responsibility of a church, I was called to the hospital bedside of one of the members who had been run over by a truck earlier that day. He had suffered extremely serious injuries and he was lucky to be alive. Read more
Australians Feel Their Friendships Have Deepened Over 2020, According to New Report
By: Laura Bennett
How we form and maintain relationships has had to adapt in a year where much of our communication and connection with friends has turned digital-first. Read more
What Your Friend Really Needs When Their Going Through a Divorce
By: Jennie Scott
So you found out your friend is going through a divorce. She may have called you herself, or you may have heard through the grapevine that her marriage is ending, as half of all do. Read more
Are Your Kids ‘Fun’? It Matters.
Fun kids are laughing, playing and generally having a good time on the playground. But they’re also building skills that will lead to better relationships. Read more
Don’t Just Find Your Tribe, Open the Circle and Let People In
By: Sabrina Peters
I think sometimes we can get so caught up in finding our tribe, our gang, or even our place that we forget Jesus was never exclusive but always on the look out for the lonely, the hurting and the isolated. Read more
Let’s Be Collaborators, Not Competitors!
by: Harriet Connor
As a mum, I know how easy it is to fall into the trap of seeing other mothers as competitors. When we meet another mum, we immediately start making comparisons; we want to know how we “rank” against her in different areas: our parenting, our appearance, our children, our cooking, our job etc.
Finding Your Spouse in the Friendzone
By: Adam Marshall
Deep and meaningful romantic attachment is the product, not the catalyst, of a loving relationship. Read more
Making Friends, Loneliness and the Bromance
By: Duncan Robinson
Something unusual and funny happened a couple of weeks ago. I made a new friend. It’s not something I anticipated happening, but I headed to one of my kids birthdays and struck up a friendship with a new buddy. Read more
Faith and Friendship
How much impact can faith and friendship have on a marriage?