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None of us likes the pain and trials of this world. We don’t rejoice when life gets hard, when we are struck with illness or the loss of a loved one. We don’t look for...

A national poll found that while most parents say they are doing enough to prepare their teen for adulthood, they gave low rankings of their teen's ability to handle b...

There are some days our kids need a time out, and there are other days when we do. Doesn’t that sound lovely? A time when, regardless of what you have going on, of w...

It is not easy to see the kind of joy that comes with ending a “small” but good life as opposed to having a powerful but miserable one. Your Father knows what’s best f...

Teens who take prescription opioid painkillers to get high could be taking a step toward heroin use, researchers say.

I could take you to where God told me to marry my wife, Susan; where God told me to give up music and pursue a life of speaking and writing; where God told me to start...

A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television and movies.

A new study finds teens are not sexting at epidemic levels (good news) as sometimes reported, but efforts to discourage sexting don't seem to be slowing teen sexting e...

One of the challenges in any sphere of life, particularly ministry, is staying creative. And it’s an important challenge. We need creativity in our messages, children’...

Are you prepared for His 2nd coming?

You are not the judge of your own work. Teach that class, preach that sermon, counsel that troubled one, write that article, study that text, pray that prayer. God alo...

A new study took a longitudinal look at how school suspensions are related to offending behaviors and found that rather than decreasing subsequent offending, school su...

The "I" in Parenting

We all need to find time alone with God

Too much social media might be too much for the mental well-being of teenagers, new research suggests. The more that teens used social media and watched television, th...

We recorded this last Friday (July 12).

Most times I navigate over the bumps and crevices with no problem, but every once in a while, when I’m tired or lost in thought, the raised cement catches me off guard...