We speak hope into families around the world. With our podcasts, social media, videos, and articles, we proclaim biblical truths to help broken families find redemption in Jesus. Our team is passionate about advancing the Kingdom of God—and we love finding imaginative ways to do so. Join us through employment opportunities, summer internships, or volunteer work.
At FamilyLife, we understand there is a gap between the intention we have for our families and what we actually experience in life.
Too often, our relationships fall short of what we desire them to be. We don’t show up like we want to. We find it hard to come through in hard times. We are missing some magic that we once had, or once dreamed of. It’s easy to be in to-do or too distracted mode to actually engage in the relationships we most treasure. Not to mention how all of these people can let us down at times as well.
But this isn’t what we were made for. Instead, we believe God made us to live in perfect community with Him and each other. We believe He has designed families to be rich in love, full of joy, and generous to those around us. We believe He has the resources and tools for us to bridge the gap - to make our intentions match the reality of our relationships. To that end, we create content and experiences to help people grow more fulfilling connections with those they love most.
FamilyLife is proud to be a part of the Cru family of ministries.
Through research, education and clinical services, The Family Institute at Northwestern University is one of the nation's leading relationship-based behavioral health organizations committed to strengthening and healing children and adolescents, couples, families and individuals. As researchers, educators and therapists, we work with our clients and PARTNER TO SEE CHANGE.
Since 1965, The Family Institute, in cooperation with Northwestern University’s Graduate School and Office of Research, houses The Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies. Our long-standing partnership with Northwestern University ranks us among the top relationship-based behavioral health graduate education and research programs in the country.
For those who cannot afford therapy, we offer high-quality counseling services to children, individuals, couples and families through our Bette D. Harris Family & Child Clinic, the Clinic is staffed by our outstanding graduate-level therapists-in-training, who are educated and supervised by our renowned therapists.