Dad Writes 270 Special Notes to Daughter

Before he deployed to Afghanistan, Army Staff Sgt. Philip Gray sat down and wrote 270 messages for his 7-year-old daughter—one for each day he would ...

Grandpa Leaves a Free Bucket of Baseballs with Touching Note

When 72-year-old Randy Long was cleaning out his garage he came across some practice baseballs he used to toss around with his son and grandson. Thinking ...

Experts Warn of Contagion Effect from Mass Shootings

After another spate of mass shootings in the US during mid-April, researchers are sounding the alarms about the potential for even more, due to what they ...

Winston Churchill Was Unloved by His Father

R. Kent Hughes writes:

There are some fathers who are sarcastic and constantly criticize their sons. I think of a certain little boy when I coached soccer. ...

A Mother’s Influence Advanced Women’s Right to Vote

On August 18, 1920 state lawmakers in Tennessee filed into the statehouse to cast their ballots on the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Carrie Chapman ...

All-Star Bo Jackson’s Emotionally Distant Father

There is the kind of dad who is stable and consistent, who provides for his family, who wouldn't dream of abandoning or abusing his family—but ...

Teens Did Surprisingly Well During Quarantine

Most know that the coronavirus pandemic had a significant negative effect on mental health. United States adults were three times more likely to experience ...

The Seedbed of Elon Musk's Imagination

Joshua Haldeman grew up on the prairies of Saskatchewan. When the domino effect of the Great Depression hit Canada, Haldeman lost his five-thousand-acre ...

God Pops Up in Africa

The movement in the Horn of Africa continues to make disciples, planting four new house churches every day. To date, they have seen more than 230,000 ...

Sincere Regret of Celebrities Who Left Cult

The NXIVM cult (pronounced Nex-ee-um), chronicled in HBO’s current docuseries The Vow, is a cult that targeted celebrities so they could recruit ...