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Retard -- and the epithet retarded -- are destructive, hurtful, and damaging words. When the R-word is used as a put down, it negates the progress...

Haiti is just one instance in a world both near and far of major hurts, loss, and anguish. This reality in most of the world around us—as well as...

The Kaiser study found that parents can make rules limiting this kind of mindless media consumption and that their children will follow them.

In hospitals, volunteers offer medical care for broken bones and missionaries deliver supplies to help rebuild broken lives. But the catastrophe...

A 19-year old college student writes: "I want to get a tattoo as a measure of accountability for myself ... in case the zeal I have for the gospel...

As we approach another Valentine's Day, I am thinking about ways to impress my daughters with a greater awareness of God's loving presence...

There has been a massive shift in Western culture away from adult authority and toward the "wise child."

Compared to high school and college students in the Great Depression era, there are five times as many youth today that suffer from anxiety and...

Alicia Swaringen received heart-swelling news the morning after last week's deadly earthquake in Haiti: Sthainder, the 4-year-old boy she planned...

The media -- and pro-lifers, too, for that matter -- focus on abortion as being just a woman's issue. But abortion is not just about women and...

To think of the loss in Haiti hurts our grownup hearts. Would you understand if I said I think we should let it hurt our children's hearts, too?

Several months ago, an opportunity came up for me to present at an AIDs conference for pastors in Haiti. Then the earthquake called for us to...

The Austin Pregnancy Resource Center played a vital role in helping Amanda Ortiz, mother of three, find Christ and rebuild her life.

When a teenager doesn't have boundaries, she does what seems right in her own eyes.

When you hear the words "crisis pregnancy," you probably picture an unmarried teenager. But up to 60 percent of all pregnancies in the United...