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Jay Payleitner sits down with Crosswalk to talk about the struggles fathers often face when trying to communicate with their kids, and about his...

My greatest fear was a broken home for my own children. And yet that's exactly what happened. Time for a leap of faith.

What do you do with the wayward branches in your family orchard? You basically have three choices.

As David said when facing Goliath, "The battle is the Lord's."

Have we considered: Lord, where am I headed? How can you help me arrive safely?

While we may be well-intentioned, we often say one thing and doing another. We break promises, even as parents.

We must remind our kids that they are masters of themselves. Children need to be told that they can control their reactions.

As the New Year approaches, you may be looking at where your family is, setting goals or redefining where you want to be.

What parent doesn’t want to give good gifts to their kids? But what kind of gifts should they choose?

Christmas can be an excruciating time of year for those who have experienced a loss. But there's hope.

One lesson I’ve learned through this current journey is my children understand how to be more joyful than does their father.

It’s surprising, but more often than not it’s the mundane things in life that can end up destroying our faith.

Whether it's hard-to-please kids, or strained relations with relatives, it becomes difficult to slow down and maintain gratitude.

It’s hard to understand, but many people who intentionally cut themselves do it to make themselves feel better.

It is an enormous thing to expect kids to grow happily in a new place. Some kids transplant easily. Others struggle.