A Lost Sense of Community

Amy Simpson writes in the Gifted for Leadership Blog:

I inherited an old trunk that sat in my grandma's basement. It had belonged to the generation ...

Hollywood Publicist Frustrated with Beauty

Hollywood publicist Michael Levine lives in what many consider the beauty capital of the world, surrounded on a daily basis by gorgeous women. But he ...

Newborns Desire to Be Held

In Time magazine, Jeffrey Kluger pointed out how newborn babies display the need for affection we all feel.

Of all the urges that drive us, it's the ...

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 ...

Sexually Disoriented People Lack Loving Fathers

"In all my reading and experience, I have never known of one sexually-disoriented person who had a warm, loving and affectionate father."

—Dr. ...

Muhammad Ali Kisses the Ugly

Former boxing writer Harold Conrad visited a women's prison with heavyweight fighter Muhammad Ali. "All the inmates lined up," wrote Conrad. ...

Every Day a Gift

I've always been conscious that every experience and every day with my daughter is a gift. I tell my daughter I love her every day of her life, and ...

The Meaning of Worship

Worship is pulling our affections off our idols and putting them on God.

Road Rage

Fighting rush-hour traffic from suburban Maryland to Washington D.C. can cause its share of near misses and irritating moments. One morning, a young lady ...

The Nature of True Religion

Though trained to be logical and rational, Jonathan Edwards insisted that true religion is primarily rooted in the affections, not in reason. He wrote ...