Online Ad Seeks "Generic Dad" for Barbecue Party

A Craiglist ad gained internet fame after a group of friends in their twenties posted a request for a "generic" dad to barbecue burgers and ...

Girl Had 50 Questions for Father, but didn't want Answers

An episode of the This American Life podcast explored the touching relationship of a single dad, Matt Salyer, and his daughter, Rosie. When she was nine-years-old, ...

The Humbling Journey from a Dignified Life to Fatherhood

Jonathan Last, a writer for the Weekly Standard, claims, that he was once reasonably dignified. "I dressed like a gentleman and luxuriated in the ...

Just as Mountain Climbers Need a Sherpa, So Children Need a Father

Mount Everest, the earth's highest mountain, has two standard routes used by most climbers. Both routes present a number of dangers, including frigid ...

Best-Selling Rap Star Rages Against Absent Father

With eleven Grammy awards, Eminem is the biggest-selling rapper of the last decade. So it is clear the message in his style of music is resonating and ...

Police Officer Forgives Teen Who Paralyzed Him

On July 12, 1986, Steven McDonald, a twenty-nine-year-old police officer on patrol in Central Park, stopped to question three teenagers about a bicycle ...

Father Forever Changed His Son's Life by Loving God

Ray Ortland writes:

Fifty years ago my dad and mom gave me a new Bible. It was my senior year in high school, the first week of two-a-day football practices, ...

A Boy Who Dreams of Being a Cop Calls 911 on His Dad

A Boston-area boy taught his father a lesson when he called the cops after his dad ran a red light. When Mike Richardson turned right at a red light (a ...

Seeing God as a Forgiving Father Prompts Our Love for Him

In his book Delighting in the Trinity, Michael Reeves compares two ways to look at God. First, there is the common view that God is the Supreme Ruler ...

Father's Embrace Saves Girl from Death in Building Collapse

Rescue workers had been laboring for over twelve hours at the site of four collapsed residential buildings in China when they discovered one final survivor ...