Sons Love Their Fathers First

In the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven, author Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie, a maintenance worker at a seaside carnival. After Eddie's ...

Gene Hackman Remembers His Father Leaving

Most of us know Gene Hackman as a versatile and successful actor. The highlight of his career came as winner of the Oscar for best actor in The French ...

Sexually Disoriented People Lack Loving Fathers

"In all my reading and experience, I have never known of one sexually-disoriented person who had a warm, loving and affectionate father."

—Dr. ...

"Gladiator": A Parent's Painful Legacy

The film Gladiator tells the story of Maximus (Russell Crowe), general of the Roman army in 180 A.D. Following victory in a decisive battle, the dying ...

Husband Forgives Wife's Stealing

Friends of ours grew up in the church and have a fine house, sweet kids, and good jobs. But the wife has an emotional/mental problem. She periodically ...

Biological Fathers Strongly Influence Teens

Why put effort into making a tough marriage work? Campus Life surveyed highly committed Christian teens and found that those respondents that live with ...

Many Benefits from Involved Fathers

Studies say children with involved fathers are:

More confident and less anxious in unfamiliar settings. Better able to deal with frustration. Better ...

School Principal Calms an Angry Father

A man received notice that his son, during his senior year in high school, had failed a course. The father, determined that his son would attend the best ...

Parents Sometimes Love by Complaining

Some years ago, when a serial killer known as the Hillside Strangler was attacking and killing young women in our La Cañada neighborhood, our teenage ...

Songwriter Learns Atheism from His Father

Lyrics from Randy Newman's song "Old Man" demonstrate the lessons he learned from his father, who was an atheist: "Don't need no ...