Young Boy Feels the Pain of His Father's Emotional Absence

Steve Smith writes in “The Jesus Life”:

One of the deepest memories I have of my father is when we would have breakfast together. We'd ...

African Boy Experiences the Healing Power of Community

Professor Robert Wicks tells the following story about how one of his African students discovered the healing power of an entire community:

When the student ...

Former Movie Star Lay Dead for Almost a Year

Yvette Vickers, a former [model] and B-movie star, best known for her role in Attack of the 50-Foot Woman, would have been 83 in August 2011, but nobody ...

Professionals Have Taken the Roles Once Filled by Family and Friends

In his book Bad Religion, Ross Douthat argues that as families have weakened and true friendships have waned, we have tried to fill the vacuum by relying ...

Every Person Has Experienced Heartache

I don't think any of us get off this planet without suffering enormously. And one of the chief ways we suffer is by loving people who are incredibly ...

Research Shows Numerous Benefits from Family Meals

The Council of Economic Advisers to the President reported, "The largest federally funded study of American teenagers found a strong association ...

President Reagan's Daughter Regrets Their Broken Relationship

In the early 1980s, Patti Davis was passionately opposed to the buildup of nuclear weapons. She constantly spoke at rallies criticizing the nuclear arms ...

Fears of Divorce Drive Young Adults to Avoid Marriage

A 2011 research study on single men and women aged 18-36 found widespread fears about divorce—even among those whose parents hadn't divorced. ...

'Unwanted' Indian Girls Receive a New Name

In October, 2011, the Associated Press ran a deeply moving story about a name-changing ceremony for girls in Mumbai, India. At birth the 285 girls had ...

Search for "Prodigal" Father Reveals God's Presence

In a sermon titled "The Hopes and Fears of All the Years," Craig Barnes says that the message of Christmas is not that we always get what we ...