Experience God's design for relationships in marriage and family.
Home Improvement Ministries exists to equip individuals and churches to better encourage marriages and families in living out God's design for healthy relationships.
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This family devotional is designed to be an enjoyable, self-contained, non-complicated, and biblical experience for the whole family. With 52 lessons, you can meet once a week as a family for a year—to read, learn, and grow together in God’s truth and God’s design for your family. Each lesson has six parts: a scripture reading, a puzzle to solve together, discussion questions, a family challenge for the week, a short prayer to pray together, and a suggested scripture memory verse—with occasional parenting tips scattered “along the way.”
Is there anything more central to the experience of family life than the family table? It is the place where faith is expressed in giving thanks, where traditions are celebrated as passed-down-through-the-generations recipes are shared, where community is forged as daily “high and lows” are revealed, where serving is demonstrated, and where family values and ethos are on display.
The recipes collected here in The Family Table are “tried and true” family favorites.
Paul and Virginia speak on marriage and parenting throughout the country, and many recordings of their talks have been made available, free of charge. These can be found on the HIM YouTube channel, or by visiting our Free Resources page.
Paul and Virginia Friesens’ Upcoming Calendar
Paul and Virginia will speak at a Marriage Seminar at Northside Baptist Church in Valdosta, GA..
Friday evening, August 7, 6-9 pm, continuing Saturday, August 8, 9 am - 12:00 pm.
For more information, visit the church website: https://nbcvaldosta.org/
Paul and Virginia Friesen will be speaking at a marriage retreat for Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, GA.
This is a private event.
Paul and Virginia will speak on marriage for Hope Christian Church in Winchester, MA. For more information, visit the church website at https://hopechristianchurch.org/ or call 781-729-5494.
Paul and Virginia will be speaking at the Eusebeia Weekend Experience (EWE), a one-of-a-kind spiritual revival for marriage, convening Christian couples, across ethnicity and denomination, to pray for personal and corporate healing, unity, and intimacy in marriage.
This year marks the 10th Anniversary Celebration — a full-circle moment to remember God’s faithfulness and to recommit our marriages to His divine design.
For more information, visit https://prayformarriage.com/programs/retreat/
Paul and Virginia will be speaking, counseling, and ministering at Living Stones Church in Kona, HI,, during the end of Oct through the middle of November 2026. For more information, visit the church website at https://livingstoneschurch.com/
Books
This summer Paul and Virginia are holding their third annual “Papa-Gigi” camp. Each year a devotional guide is created for their week together. This year’s theme is “The Lord Is With You” and is a six-day devotional on the life of Joseph. The six topics covered are:
Jealousy and Bullying
Faithful in a Godless Land
Facing and Fleeing Temptation
When the Reward for Being Good Seems Bad
Forgiving Those Who Have Deeply Hurt Us
God Using Hardship for His Glory and Others' Good
Click on the image shown and then on the right arrow (or swipe left) to view a sample chapter.
We are delighted to offer you this year’s devotional camper guide. These booklets may be used for Grandparent Camp, Vacation Bible School, Family Devotions, etc. You may use all six days or pick and choose those that fit your schedule and desires.
This family devotional is designed to be an enjoyable, self-contained, non-complicated, and biblical experience for the whole family. With 52 lessons, you can meet once a week as a family for a year—to read, learn, and grow together in God’s truth and God’s design for your family. Each lesson has six parts: a scripture reading, a puzzle to solve together, discussion questions, a family challenge for the week, a short prayer to pray together, and a suggested scripture memory verse—with occasional parenting tips scattered “along the way.”
Is there anything more central to the experience of family life than the family table? It is the place where faith is expressed in giving thanks, where traditions are celebrated as passed-down-through-the-generations recipes are shared, where community is forged as daily “high and lows” are revealed, where serving is demonstrated, and where family values and ethos are on display.
The recipes collected here in The Family Table are “tried and true” family favorites, representing three generations of cooks who range from neophytes to self-avowed “foodies.” Almost all are imbued with history, encompassing family legends and folklore, failures and successes, but most importantly, they have been the vehicle for carrying love, care, and sustenance to friends, neighbors, and “angels unaware” for decades.
Our culture has exchanged the family table for meals on the run, front-row dining in view of the TV, individualized meal plans, or microwavable servings for one. Our hope is that this compilation of our favorite recipes will be helpful as you affirm the goodness and potential of the family table, or establish it as the standard for your family.
We invite you to sort through this cookbook, try the recipes that have warmed our hearts and homes, and join us in making memories and building traditions with your families and friends, as we have with ours. We pray that God meets you there as He has for us, for generations.
“Men, if you want to be a better husband, father, and follower of Christ, but often feel like you miss the mark, this book might be for you. Be assured, you are not alone . . . To add to this sense of failure, the best-known passage on marriage in the Bible, and one our wives have put to memory, instructs us as husbands to “love your wives, as Christ loved the church . . . ” Now that’s a bar we can barely see, let alone reach. What husband can love his wife like Christ? Who do our wives think we are? Jesus?” (From the introduction by Paul Friesen)
A dad shares his heart and wisdom with his three daughters regarding a life-changing decision: marriage. Through 52 personal letters to Kari, Lisa, and Julie. Paul Friesen pens his insights on the importance of convictions, character, considerations, and chemistry as they relate to relationships.
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Wouldn't it be nice to simply download an “app” and have a more satisfying marriage? While The Marriage App: Unlocking the Irony of Intimacy will take more than a download to give you the intimacy in marriage you have been longing for, it will direct you to the One who is able to unlock the mystery. From their more than 30 years of marriage counseling and a deep reverence for and dependence on God's word, Drs. Paul and Virginia Friesen have given us a very biblical and practical App that can give us that marriage we have always desired. What might happen if we put our spouse's desires ahead of our own? What might happen if we really did trust God's design for marriage?
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We offer a free companion app for portable devices here.
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