Family Connection

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Family Connection is a bimonthly family support and resource newsletter to strengthen connections within families, between families and with the source of life and power: Jesus Christ.

• Is a simple Christmas really possible?

From the Editor
The Dove
Faith Talk
Christmas in Nigeria
Family Filling Station
Holiday Connection
• Is there a place for quiet in your fast-paced life?

From the Editor
Finding Your Way Home
Faith Talk
Problems or Possibilities
Family Connection Extends Hours of 800 Line
• Have you ever had transtion trouble?

Hers, Mine & Ours
Faith Talk
Praying Through the Changes of Life
Everything I Need to Know About Life ... I Learned from My China Cabinet
Prayer Connection
• How can your family reach out to others?

What's In YOUR Garage?
Faith Talk
Resource For Families
If Christ is Real, Prove It!
6 SIMPLE Ways for Families to 
Reach Out to Others
Prayers & Promises: Praying for Loved Ones Who Don’t Know the Lord
The Prayer-Promise Connection
• How does your garden grow?

Bone of My Bones
Faith Talk
An Intimate Garden
Factoring Friendship Into Your Marriage
Resources for Couples
The Family Connection Prayer Garden
• Is family fun an oxymoron?

A New Year, A New Look
Destination Unknown
Faith Talk
Resources for Faith Talk
Parents or Referees? Dealing With Sibling Rivalry
Prayer Everyday
Resources for Families
The Family Connection Prayer-Team
• Can Broken Relationships Ever Be Mended?

Confession & Forgiveness: Creating New 
Family Patterns
The Power Connection
Help & Hope for Suzanne
The Hug-up 
• What Do You Do When 

The Unexpected Occurs?
We Never Thought It Would Happen to Us
Lori's Story
A Mother's Perspective
The Power Connection
Bugs and Bedrooms
• What Are You Listening To? 

My Favorite Medium
The Power Connection
Who is Teaching Our Children?
Internet Pornography: Most Private, Most Lethal
Family-Friendly Media
• Are You Connecting?

A Family Communication Checkup
Power Connection
Ten Things I've Learned from Listening
Is Anyone Listening?
• EmPOWERment, by Marilyn Bader

Power Connection, by Roger Sonnenberg
Empower (verb): to give power or authority to, by Laura Priebe
Be All You Can Be, by Vivian Hauser, Family Connection Staff Director
Resources to help you
• A Gift for Dad, by Ruth Gibson

Power Connection, by Marge Franzen
Everyday Grace
• A Prayer on a Hopeless Night 

Power Connection by Janice Kerper Brauer, Editor 
Commitment??? by D. Ray Bardill 
Commitment in Marriage
Commit Your Way by Vivan Hauser, Staff Director 
• Stop This Crazy Thing!, by Jane Ellen Pase 

Power Connection, by David Koch
Let Go of Me, by Sandy Bentz
Resources
• Dear Mark and Katie,by Thomas Couser

Power Connection, by Rev. Charles S. Mueller, Sr.
A Dad's Thoughts on Letting Go, by David Brighton 
Something Big! by Rev. Norb Oesch, Chairman, Lutheran Family Association
Resources
• Life in the Pressure Cooker, by Marilyn Bader

The Power Connection, by Rev. Darold Reiner
Stress Busters, by Mary Manz Simon
The Phone Call, by Gregory R. Williamson
Busy, Busy, Busy, by Tina Browning, Family Connection Staff Assistant
From the editor ... 
Resources
• More Than Stuff by Donna Struefert

The Power Connection by Rev. Ferd O. Bahr
Family Time: Building Christian Family Traditions by Rhonda Marie
Holiday Blues by Eunice Otte
Those Were the Days by Vivian Hauser, Staff Director
• Which One Are You?, by Doreen Kerper Gras 

The Power Connection, by Bruce W. Biesenthal
Please and Thank-You, by Vivian Hauser, Staff Director
Family Time: Activities To Strengthen Family Ties, by Lori Vansant Solyom
Salt and Light, by Amy J. Bardill
Gifts from My Dad, by Janice Kerper Brauer
Resources 

<The Prayer Edition of Family Connection is no longer a separate publication.  It has been combined with the Family Connection Newsletter.  These articles remain on this site for your convenience and browsing enjoyment.>

• Mobilizing Pray-ers

Mobilizing Prayers
From the Editor …
Prayer Instead of Despair
NEWS FLASH: Christians take God’s Word to heart and pray about everything!
Your grace always surprises me, Father.
Prayer Resources
Prayers, Praises & Verses
• Are We Listening? 

Listen and Pray
From the Editor …
Listening to God
Selective Hearing: Focusing on God’s Voice in a Noisy World
The Heart That Listens
• Prayer and Intimacy 

What's New, What's Not
From the Editor
Let's Get Intimate
Praying For You
Half-a-Dozen Ways to Encourage Prayer in Your Church
Prayer Friends
• In Jesus' Name, by Janice Kerper Brauer 

The Perfect Situation, by John C. Hirst 
How to Pray for Your Children, by Dan Gilbert
• The Two Shall Become One, by James E. Otte 

Prayer Partners: Husbands and Wives Praying Together, by Pauline Miller
Strengthen Your Marriage with Prayer Exercises
Real Life, by Vivian Hauser, Family Connection Staff Director
• Is Christmas for the Birds?

Powerful Prayers for Those You Love, by Eleanor Sandholm
Winter Reading, by Vivian Hauser, Family Connection Staff Director
Prayer Insights from Scripture, by Dr. John Juedes
Prayer Q & A
GET IN THE CLOSET!, By Lori Grube
• The New Prayer Connection, by Rev Roger Sonnenberg

A Priceless Gift, Prayer Vigils, by Lori Grube and Pauline R. Miller 
The Family Follows Jesus, devotional study by Rev. Warren Schumacher
Prayer Q&A, by Jan Dieterichs
Daddy's Prayer , by Eleanor Sandholm 
Resources on Prayer

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