Frazzled Families Pay for Advice from Parenting Coaches

When it comes to bedtime, homework, or managing meltdowns, a growing number of families aren’t relying on their peers or parents: They’re ...

Eugene Peterson’s Encouraging Counsel to a Young Mother

Julie Canlis writes in “The Bible’s Best Description of Salvation Is a Phrase We Rarely Use”:

Years ago during graduate studies at Regent ...

A Letter from Winston Churchill’s Disappointed Mother

Winston Churchill was 15 years old and a student at Harrow School when his mother, Jennie Churchill, wrote himthe following letter from London on June ...

Adoption Tragedy Highlights a Failure to Protect Children

In March of 2018, California Highway Patrol discovered a GMC Yukon driven by Jennifer Hart had plunged off a cliff with her wife Sarah and their six adopted ...

A Loving Witness in the Muslim World

In the days leading up to 9-11, fighting in Afghanistan between local groups and then the Taliban resulted in thousands of refugees pouring down into ...

Local Girl Launches Wish Campaign for Elderly Neighbors

Fifth grader Ruby Kate Chitsey often spent time with the residents in the nursing home where her mother works, so when one of them mentioned a need to ...

Estate of Social Worker Leaves Millions to Charity

After Alan Naiman died of cancer at 63, he left most of his estate to a variety of charities serving children with various needs. This came as no surprise ...

Accountability and Sexual Misconduct in the Church

A team of journalists at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram spent nearly nine months investigating a pattern of sexual abuse in a loose network of independent ...

Young Children Have a Built-In Concept of God

Humans are surrounded by evidence for God. This may explain why young children in every culture have a concept of God. Psychologist Paul Bloom at Yale ...

Mall Promotion Tasks Inventors with Making Impossible Gifts Real

The marketing team at Lakeside Shopping Centre are accustomed to the difficulty of getting the attention of a fickle shopping public. But recently, they ...