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 ...

Atheism's Link to Absent Fathers

One of the criticisms of Christianity is that it is a crutch for the weak. Belief in God is considered by some to be nothing more than an illusion to ...

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 ...

"Ruby Bridges": Confronting Enemies with Courage

Ruby Bridges is the true story of the 6-year-old black girl who became the first person of color in the U.S., by federal law, to attend an all-white school ...

Max Lucado Confesses Struggle

Author and pastor Max Lucado said that giving up beer helped him get closer to God. Lucado said, "I come from a family of alcoholism. If there's ...

"Contact": Searching for God

Contact is a science fiction movie that explores the possibility of extraterrestrial life and the inevitability of faith even in a world governed by scientific ...

A Father Redeemed

My sense of Christmas joy is focused on a specific moment each year: when I stand in an Episcopal church at a midnight Christmas Eve service and sing ...

First, Call Dad

While kayaking in southern England off the Isle of Wight, Mark Ashton-Smith, a 33-year-old lecturer at Cambridge University, capsized in treacherous waters. ...

A Father Who Won't Affirm

In We Are Still Married, Garrison Keillor writes:

The town ball club was the Lake Wobegon Schroeders, so named because the starting nine were brothers, ...