Imperfect Fathers

Your spiritual leadership begins at home. In dealing with the family, remember that you have been blessed by the Lord, not beatified. Don't expect ...

Tragedy of Unsaved Sons

The tragedy of my life is that although I've led thousands of people to Jesus Christ, my own sons are not saved.

Children and Public Life

My major effort must be devoted to my children. If Caroline and John turn out badly, nothing I could do in the public eye would have any meaning.

Tagged with Love

For weeks, my son, Bill, and his wife, Kathy, were gathering and pricing things for a yard sale. Their youngest daughter, Meadow Dawn, was fascinated ...

The Most Radical Faith

Marriage and parenthood call for faith of the most radical sort.

Burying Loved Ones

It's getting harder and harder to bury people now--they're my brothers, my sisters.

The Gift God Wants

When I was in seminary, a pastor from a Christian Reformed church in Chicago came to the campus. One evening he told us the story of a couple in his church, ...

Parenting the Parents

We spend a lot of time on the subject of sex education in the schools. Maybe it's time to introduce mandatory courses in parenting -- for boys as ...

Where Home Is

Home is the place where,

When you have to go there,

They have to take you in.

Overlooking Faults in Marriage

It is impossible to keep peace between man and woman in family life if they do not condone and overlook each other's faults but watch everything to ...