Dolores Smyth

Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer

Dolores Smyth is a nationally published faith and parenting writer. She draws inspiration for her writing from everyday life. Connect with her over Twitter @byDoloresSmyth.

3 Ways You're Contributing to the Strained Relationship with Your In-Laws

While you encourage your spouse to speak up and have appropriate boundaries with their parents, you need to assert your own boundaries by speaking...

November 08, 2024

3 Ways You're Contributing to the Strained Relationship with Your In-Laws

4 Books of the Bible That Every Teen Should Study

One way your child can find stable footing during the turbulent teen years is to point them to books of the Bible that can help them navigate their...

October 31, 2024

4 Books of the Bible That Every Teen Should Study

5 Popular Worship Songs and the Inspiring Stories behind Them

Here are the inspiring stories behind 5 of the most well-known hymns and worship songs.

September 25, 2024

5 Popular Worship Songs and the Inspiring Stories behind Them

How You Can Use Scripture to Help Your Child Get Over 5 Types of Heartbreak

Just as we educate ourselves on how to treat our children’s physical bumps and scrapes, we can comfort our children with the healing balm of...

August 07, 2024

How You Can Use Scripture to Help Your Child Get Over 5 Types of Heartbreak

What Is the Love Language of Words of Affirmation?

This love language is also the only category that involves verbal expression. You can spot people whose love language is based on Words of...

August 01, 2024

What Is the Love Language of Words of Affirmation?

5 Rare Signs of a Mature Marriage

While no two marriages are alike and while what works for one couple isn’t practical for another, there are certain key elements at the core of...

5 Rare Signs of a Mature Marriage

5 Common Questions We Want to Have Answered about Tithing

Tithing shows our appreciation for our loving God, and also allows those who serve Him to keep spreading His message of hope and love far and wide....

5 Common Questions We Want to Have Answered about Tithing

5 Ways to Break the Cycle of Hurtful Parenting

For better or for worse, we learn so much of our parenting methods through our own parents. What's a parent to do when they didn't have the...

5 Ways to Break the Cycle of Hurtful Parenting

5 Worship Songs for When You're Feeling Alone

Here are 5 types of loneliness you may be experiencing along with 5 worship songs that can help lift your spirit.

5 Worship Songs for When You're Feeling Alone

5 Good Habits to Start as Newlyweds

There is not a single married couple out there who had every aspect of married life figured out prior to their wedding day or who didn’t change...

February 23, 2024

5 Good Habits to Start as Newlyweds

10 Verses to Memorize and Pray for Healing

As God’s children, our Father wants us to look to Him for all of our needs. The Bible tells us so, encouraging us to “pray in the Spirit on all...

October 02, 2023

10 Verses to Memorize and Pray for Healing

10 Things You Need to Know about Universalism and the Unitarian Universalist Association

Universalism is a liberal, religious tradition that teaches that every person will be saved, regardless of repentance. Universalism insists that...

August 04, 2023

10 Things You Need to Know about Universalism and the Unitarian Universalist Association

The Four Types of Love in Scripture and How to Experience them February 07, 2023

The Four Types of Love in Scripture and How to Experience them

How Knowing the Love Languages Can Help Your Marriage

Like any healthy relationship, maintaining a happy marriage takes commitment and attention to detail. Scripture tells us that “Love is patient,...

How Knowing the Love Languages Can Help Your Marriage

9 Ways to Honor Your Mother and Father as an Adult

As you’ve gotten older, thoughts of your parents may have taken a backseat to your other relationships or the obligations you have at work or in...

9 Ways to Honor Your Mother and Father as an Adult

5 Lessons I've Learned After 20 Years of Marriage

Sticking up for your husband or wife isn’t about them “needing” to be rescued or not being “independent” enough. It’s about you showing up for the...

5 Lessons I've Learned After 20 Years of Marriage

3 Scriptures to Help You Pray for Your Bully

If you find yourself struggling to muster up the strength and humility to pray for someone who has been an aggressive figure in your life, you can...

February 25, 2022

3 Scriptures to Help You Pray for Your Bully

What Do Genealogies in the Bible Show Us?

However, Matthew included Rahab in his Gospel’s genealogy to reflect God’s far-reaching compassion in making people from all walks of life part of...

February 14, 2022

What Do Genealogies in the Bible Show Us?