GLORIETA, N.M. (BP) — Families were provided an escape from the daily routine of life recently at Christian Family Weekend, an event held July 23-26 at LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center near Santa Fe, N.M.

The focus of the three-day event was to encourage and equip families to live biblically in the face of a secular culture increasingly hostile toward marriage and family. With an aggressive homosexual agenda redefining marriage and the failure of the U.S. Senate to bring a Federal Marriage Amendment to a vote despite a majority of Americans being in favor of such an amendment, speakers such as Texas pastor Tommy Teague said events like Christian Family Weekend “are a must.”

Family worship and devotional times anchored the weekend, with special-interest conferences interspersed. The conferences were designed to cover such topics as the characteristics of a Christian home, raising teenagers, financial management, “Making Love Beyond the Bedroom,” spiritual leadership, discipline and others. Added this year were sessions on blended families and time management for single parents.