Things are getting bananas, people. Toddlers are wearing tiaras. Parents are giving teenage girls breast enhancement procedures for their Sweet Sixteens. Dark-skinned girls are lightening
I sat in a worn, squeaky auditorium chair at my elementary school, feeling goose bumps as I was suddenly consumed by a vision of my
Many churches have mission statements. Families can have mission statements, too. Our family’s sense of mission derives from Isaiah 61:1–3. Jesus cited this text as
A man raced through the streets of Capernaum searching for the one person who could help him. He glimpsed an animated figure preaching, pushed through
Two stories A few months ago, my wife and I were working at a weekend family camp as directors of the children’s ministries. On the
Taste and see that the Lord is good… (Psalm 34:8). The baby is fresh from his mother’s womb, naked, blinking in the unaccustomed light. He lies
Picture this: A young American couple arrives in York, England with their two-year-old son to start their new life—the mother to return to school and
One of the most powerful parenting lessons that I’ve had to learn, over and over again, is that 3:00 am, when your baby is screaming,
“I made an A on my math exam!” your child exclaims. “Great! You are so talented!” you respond. Or you might say, “That studying really
“It takes a village to raise a child.” This traditional African proverb, made popular in the West by former first lady Hillary Clinton’s book by