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4 04, 2020

Extended Hometime – Tips, Ideas, Resources & Encouragement

By |2020-04-04T13:24:45-06:00April 4th, 2020|Family Culture, Parenting, Relationship|

During this unprecedented season when families are required to stay home and maintain social distancing, we want to be an encouraging and sustaining resource that will equip you with practical insights and tools to help you take hold of the opportunities for a productive and fruitful family time. Our mission with OneFamily is to equip, encourage and sustain couples in their marriage and parenting journey. ____________________ Parents everywhere are discovering more of the blessings and [...]

30 03, 2020

Family Reset During Unusual Times

By |2020-03-30T16:28:37-06:00March 30th, 2020|Family Culture, Parenting, Relationship|

This week we want to share with you some insights from the Widmier Family and their perspective on this unprecedented and unexpectedly blessed time at home! ________ Our family has now been in our home for two weeks straight.  We have only ventured out in the car twice in that time span.  Hearing of others’ health and/or livelihoods being impacted by this pandemic, has saddened us terribly.  Our family prays for those affected nightly.  We [...]

28 03, 2020

Extended Home Time – Tips, Ideas, Resources and Encouragement

By |2020-03-28T17:04:51-06:00March 28th, 2020|Family Culture, Parenting, Personal|

Our mission with OneFamily is to equip, encourage and sustain couples in their marriage and parenting journey.  During this unprecedented season when families are required to stay home and maintain social distancing, we want to be an encouraging and sustaining resource that will equip you with practical insights and tools to help you take hold of the opportunities for a productive and fruitful family time. ____________________ This week we want to share some great ideas [...]

24 03, 2020

Leading The Family During A Crisis

By |2020-03-24T11:31:32-06:00March 24th, 2020|Family Culture, Personal, Relationship|

A friend was approached by his son-in-law who asked, “With this Coronavirus, how do you stay so calm?” My friend appreciated the question. Here his son-in-law had a young growing family who knew there was some small personal risk, but more than anything, there was this energy of emergency. Everyone was talking about and concerned about a single topic – the world pandemic! It’s this heightened sense of “We’re all in this together” and “What [...]

21 03, 2020

Extended Home Time – Ideas for your family

By |2020-03-21T17:37:37-06:00March 21st, 2020|Family Culture, Parenting, Relationship|

Our mission with OneFamily is to equip, encourage and sustain couples in their marriage and parenting journey.  During this unprecedented season when families are required to stay home and maintain social distancing, we want be an encouraging and sustaining resource that will equip you with practical insights and tools to help you take hold of the opportunities for an intentional and fruitful family time. In the coming days and weeks ahead, we’ll be sending you [...]

12 03, 2020

Screens, Social Media and Jack’s Story – Part 2

By |2020-03-19T15:27:48-06:00March 12th, 2020|Family Culture, Parenting, Relationship|

“I hope that my story can give some insight on the side of social media that not enough people talk or know about and I encourage you after reading this, that you will talk it over with your kids and figure out ways to keep them safe and use social media responsibly.” ________ Last week, we shared with you the  first part of Jack’s Story in his own words. Jack, who is now in his second [...]

9 03, 2020

Screens, Social Media and Jack’s Story

By |2020-03-12T07:19:49-06:00March 9th, 2020|Family Culture, Parenting, Relationship|

“I hope that my story can give some insight on the side of social media that not enough people talk or know about and I encourage you after reading this, that you will talk it over with your kids and figure out ways to keep them safe and use social media responsibly.” At one of our Screenagers Event, we met a terrific young teen we’ll call “Jack.”  Jack, who is now in his second year [...]

3 03, 2020

Tidbits On Self Control And Respect

By |2020-03-03T08:28:43-07:00March 3rd, 2020|Family Culture, Parenting|

“Mooommyy! Mooom! Mommy, can my friend spend the night?” our little 5 year-old asked as he ran up the stairs with his friend in tow. “I’m sorry sweetie, but not tonight.” “But whyyyyy?!” “No. Not tonight.” No reason? Just a rejection? Doesn’t that seem a bit harsh? Wouldn’t it be better to explain why his friend couldn’t spend the night or at least throw out another possibility? No, this was a scene that had played [...]

20 02, 2020

A Critical Family Value

By |2020-02-20T09:41:06-07:00February 20th, 2020|Family Culture, Parenting|

What does it mean to be a Marr? This is one of the most important questions we faced as a young family. Being a Marr was not a question we contemplated walking down the aisle. For the two of us, growing up in different cultures, Lis in Sweden and Dave in California, family identity wasn’t one of the topics either of us encountered growing up at our dinner table. But in raising our three children from childhood [...]

7 02, 2020

First Time Obedience – What it Looks Like

By |2020-02-07T09:31:57-07:00February 7th, 2020|Family Culture, Parenting|

When we took our first parenting class, our boys' behavior was not characterized by First Time Obedience (FTO).  In fact it was after the very first parenting class we attended, when we picked up our boys from childcare, that they immediately proceeded to run around in every direction away from us.  Our embarrassed calls and pleading for them to come to us were definitely not obeyed. As parents, during that time, we relied on a [...]

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