Consumer Culture Affects Children

Kids have a lot more money than they used to. They are also exposed to a great deal more advertising, not only in front of the television and computer ...

Evangelical Men Make Better Fathers

The book, Soft Patriarchs, New Men: How Christianity Shapes Fathers and Husbands challenges stereotypes about evangelical family life. Written by University ...

Child Pronounced Dead, Lives

Nurse Mary Zollinger was on duty at Madison Memorial Hospital in Boise, Idaho, when the emergency medical personnel brought in little Logan Pinto's ...

Sons Love Their Fathers First

In the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven, author Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie, a maintenance worker at a seaside carnival. After Eddie's ...

Gene Hackman Remembers His Father Leaving

Most of us know Gene Hackman as a versatile and successful actor. The highlight of his career came as winner of the Oscar for best actor in The French ...

House Built for Dysfunctional Families

The Ledbetter family likes to spend time at home together, —just not in the same room. So they built a 3,600-square-foot house with special rooms for ...

Terminally Ill Boy Puts Others First

The Make-A-Wish Foundation has been granting the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses since 1980. Most commonly, children wish to meet a ...

Mother Recognizes "Dead" Daughter

In 1997, a rapidly moving blaze destroyed the Philadelphia home of Luz Cuevas. It was concluded that, tragically, the fire had killed and completely consumed ...

Mother Supported in Caring for Handicapped Son

Author Henry Cloud writes:

When I was four years old, I came down with a leg disease that left me bedridden, then in a wheelchair, and then in braces and ...

Mysterious Congo Missionary Deaths

The daughter of missionaries to the Congo Republic told Pastor Leith Anderson this story: As a little girl, she participated in a daylong rally to celebrate ...