Michael Jackson Wanted His Father's Love

After Michael Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges, columnist Derrick Z. Jackson quoted the singer’s own words from a 2001 speech ...

Family Meals Are Good for Kids

A study of 4,600 adolescents (11-18 years old) found:

Thirty-three percent ate two or fewer family meals with all or most of their family the previous ...

Little Boy Knows He's Not Lost

Mary Southerland writes in Unleashing The Power Of God In My Life:

When our son Jered was a little boy, we were careful to teach him our phone number and ...

How Sin Ruined Marriage Harmony

"[W]hen sin entered the world it ruined the harmony of marriage NOT because it brought headship and submission into existence, but because it twisted ...

House Built for Dysfunctional Families

The Ledbetter family likes to spend time at home together, —just not in the same room. So they built a 3,600-square-foot house with special rooms for ...

"Lilo & Stitch": In Families, No One Is Forgotten

In the Disney film Lilo & Stitch, Stitch is a creature from outer space. He is the result of genetic experiment by an alien scientist. He is small, ...

No Exemplary Families

In Like Dew Your Youth, Eugene H. Peterson writes:

A search of Scripture turns up one rather surprising truth: there are no exemplary families. Not a single ...

Managing the House

A beleaguered young mom went to an "Organizing Your Life" class. After hearing many organizing tips, she asked, "But how do you get your ...

The Problem with Living Together

Dr. Nancy Moore Clagworthy spent ten years researching people who lived together without being married. When she began her research, she was "convinced ...

A Bookmark Idea

Use a favorite picture of a loved one as a bookmark.