If there were a guaranteed way for raising kids who always walked the straight and narrow, trust me, the book outlining it would never leave the bestsellers’ list. But the truth of the matter is, when we raise our children,…
Posted on 29 September 2010
If there were a guaranteed way for raising kids who always walked the straight and narrow, trust me, the book outlining it would never leave the bestsellers’ list. But the truth of the matter is, when we raise our children,…
Posted on 27 September 2010
Look around you. Every young person you see has a cell phone. And many of those are smartphones, which put the Internet, dozens of games, and other applications in the palms of their hands.
They’re probably not checking their email…
Posted on 13 August 2010
Twenty years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. For at least one person who attended the signing, that Act was something much greater than just one more law coming out of D.C. It was a demonstration…
Posted on 31 July 2010
It’s hard to believe, but school is just a few weeks away. And you know what that means—hauling children to and from classes, dance lessons, music lessons, sports practice, homework, church activities, and on and on. It’s no wonder that…
Posted on 24 July 2010
If I asked you what your teenage children are doing right now, you might not know. But the New York Times and the Kaiser Family Foundation have a pretty good idea.
According to a recent Kaiser study, if your teenager…
Posted on 16 July 2010
The greatest environmental catastrophe in U.S. history seems to be a never-ending nightmare. Ever since the explosion at the Deep Water Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, things seem to have gone from bad to worse. And watching…
Posted on 23 June 2010
All too often, Christians associate only with other Christians. If they share their life in Jesus at all, they tend to do so with the link-minded.
But a new book reveals how important it is to reach out in love…
Posted on 19 June 2010
Imagine going to a shoe store—and seeing a large sign on the door announcing, “We don’t sell puppies here.” Or suppose you’re about to board a plane, and spot a sign in the waiting area: “No train service here.” You…
Posted on 08 June 2010
In the never-ending battle of the technological titans, score one for Steve Jobs. No, the CEO of Apple hasn’t come out with yet another groundbreaking iProduct, at least not since the iPad.
But he’s done something even more extraordinary—he’s brought…
Posted on 02 June 2010
On the one hand, I was absolutely horrified—and angry—that Saturday Night Live ran a comedy skit about prison rape. There is nothing, repeat nothing, funny about prisoners being raped. On the other hand, the skit was so tasteless and appalling,…