Resources on Relationships

[Editor’s note: We’ve collected our top articles from our Blog on relationships, ranging from friendship to family, conflict to romance. We hope this resource is a helpful guide for browsing and sharing with others.] 

Friendship

How to choose long-term friends

You can’t be friends with everyone, so choose wisely. 

Meet me—and my disability

A person with a disability is still a human—and a potential friend.  

Hey lady: you are seen, known, and loved

A note of hope and promise for women, inviting relief from shame, guilt, loss, and feeling “too much” or “not enough.” 

Why do we need to guard our hearts in friendships?

Here are four ways to help you trust God and walk faithfully in guy-girl friendships.

3 practical ways to walk as friends with the opposite gender

Being friends with the opposite gender can be tricky––here are three reminders of how to grow healthy friendships.

Family

Growing up an ocean apart didn’t stop us from being sisters

God is invested in bringing broken families back together. 

Living between two cultures

Caught between two cultures, the desire of many immigrant Canadians is to belong and feel at home.

What if it isn’t home, sweet home?

God invites us to surrender personal freedom to love and serve our family, even when it feels really hard.

Community

Breaking up with my church

Changing churches can be hard, but sometimes it brings spiritual freedom, health, and a fresh start with God.

Community to run from

What if the community in which we find ourselves is unhealthy and dangerous?

Struggling with mental illness in spiritual community

Journeying through mental illness in a spiritual community can be incredibly hard. Yet slowly over time, we can learn to open up to others.

Conflict & Abuse

How to love across the political divide

Hospitality is possible, even in sharp disagreements. 

When Christians aren’t safe in dating relationships

Ordinary church-goers may cause extraordinary harm. 

He said that God doesn’t love me

Spiritual abuse is a real thing.  

Recognizing and recovering from emotional abuse

Emotional abuse can be hard to identify at times––but its impact is real and devastating. 

3 steps towards healthy conflict

When trust is broken, the pain can easily feel paralyzing. What’s the best response?

Romance

Healing in my broken view of sex

Turns out that in the right context, sex is a good gift from God.

Why I stopped reading romance novels

Everyone needs to steward their sexuality. 

When a breakup broke me

A romantic breakup can bring great grief, but no more than what God can heal.

A response to the boys who rejected me

Even in relational brokenness and rejection, we can choose to respond by praying.

Being single in a couples culture

Singleness can be embraced rather than resented. Here are three refreshing reminders about God. 

3 truths to remember after a breakup

Here’s some hope: recovering from a bad breakup is possible.