Favorite Winter Holiday Activities

Americans say the following are their favorite activities during the winter holiday season:

Celebrating family traditions: 48 percent. Cooking, baking ...

Why Girls Remain Virgins

Recent research published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, discovered that teenage girls who are close to their moms are more likely to stay virgins. ...

"My Big Fat Greek Wedding": Unexpected Acceptance

My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a comedy based on the real-life experiences of Greek American actress Nia Vardalos. Toula Portokalos (played by Nia) is the ...

Sheryl Crow Doesn't Want to Be Alone

Sheryl Crow said in an interview:

I think everybody on the planet feels alone, even when they're in the greatest relationships or surrounded by family. ...

Bitter Son Can't Forgive Father

I was browsing in a book department while waiting in a shopping center for my wife to complete her shopping. I happened to overhear a young wife pleading ...

Stopping to Hear God Whisper His Love

Author Mike Yaconelli says:

I travel a lot, and I came to San Francisco one night and missed my connection back home. I was angry and upset, and I called ...

"Mulan": Child's Sacrifice for Father

Mulan is a Disney animation based on an ancient Chinese legend in which a girl becomes a national hero through daring acts of self-sacrifice and courage. ...

C. S. Lewis on Loving God First

At the end of a long letter, C. S. Lewis wrote: "When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better ...

Charles Barkley's Plan to Protect his Daughter

When asked how he will handle his 12-year-old daughter's future boyfriends, NBA hall-of-famer Charles Barkley responded, "I figure if I kill ...

Ignoring the Giver for the Gifts

Bill White writes in Discipleship Journal

When I was a boy, my father would go away twice a year to buy clothing for his clothing store. The minute my ...