Category: Family
New Show ‘The Garden’ Aims to Teach Children About Jesus Through Comedy and Adventure
How do you tell your children about the love that Christ has for them, and that they were made to know, love, and serve God?...
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Children Have a Fundamental Right to Their Mother and Father
Katy Faust is an angry, fired up Seattle mother of four, and a pastor’s wife. She wasn’t always this way. For the most part, she...
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We Need to Talk About Assisted Reproduction
It’s not easy or comfortable to talk about the ethics of assisted reproduction. But too much is at stake not to. Artificial reproductive technologies are fraught...
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Inflation Hits New 40-Year High, Harming Families Struggling to Make Ends Meet
Inflation has hit another 40-year high, according to newly released numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS). Inflation is a monetary phenomenon...
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War in Ukraine Causing Burgeoning Humanitarian Crisis
The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, begun by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, has led to an immediate and worsening humanitarian crisis in...
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New York Magazine Writer: To Empower Parents ‘Would Put Children in Danger’ From ‘Household Tyrants’
Sarah Jones, a senior writer for the Intelligencer/New York Magazine, is taking heat for a recent column, titled “Household Tyrants,” where she states that the...
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Be Countercultural, Embrace Parenthood
Christians, listen up; if you are tired of the secular culture asserting a worldview that doesn’t align with God’s truth, then you must reject it...
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New University-Based Research Reveals Parents Are Most Influential in Leading Kids to Christ … With No Close Competitor
Professor Christian Smith from the University of Notre Dame is one of the world’s most experienced and respected sociologists of religion studying how faith is...
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In 2021, Encounters of Unaccompanied Children Along Southern Border Increased Dramatically
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released agency statistics on Monday, January 3 showing a massive increase in the amount of drugs seized at...
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Top Five Family Formation Research Findings in 2021
2020 was certainly a rough year and we were glad to see it fade in the rear-view mirror. But that annual turn of the calendar...
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NEA President Wants to Transform Education Into ‘Something It Was Never Designed to Be’
Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association (NEA), recently told The New York Times that she is motivated to “reclaim public education as a...
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A Conversation on Race and the Importance of Family in America with Professor Glenn Loury
Suppose you had the opportunity to personally invite one of the most brilliant African-American scholars into your living room this evening and listen as he...
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Tennessee Faith-Based Foster Agency Sues Federal Government for the Right to Select Christian Parents for Kids
Should the government be able to disqualify faith-based foster care agencies from receiving federal funding just because they adhere to a biblical statement of faith,...
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The Post Pandemic State of Marriage and the Family
Coming out of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, you might have missed news last week of a significant study concerning the current state of the American...
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Fewer Americans Want to Have Children, and It’s a Shame Because America Needs More Sacrificial Love
The Pew Research Center released the results of a new survey and found that 44% of non-parents between the ages of 18 and 49 are not likely...
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How Chick-fil-A is Behind the New Kendrick Brothers Movie, Show Me the Father
I like to connect the dots, especially when it comes to the history behind the production of movies with positive and redeeming messages. You’re likely...
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A Summer 2021 Reflection
For most of the fifty-two weeks of the year, my life as a religious liberty attorney is spent in the fast-paced, high stakes world of...
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In a First, Judge Revokes Mother’s Parenting Time Over Lack of COVID Vaccination
UPDATE (8/31): In response to the outcry over his original order, Judge Shapiro has issued a new order restoring Ms. Firlit’s visitation rights. The Zoom-call...
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Homeschooling Surged in 2020-2021 – Will the Trend Continue?
The U.S. Census Bureau (USCB) released numbers showing a huge uptick in homeschooling during the 2020-2021 school year. Since about 2012, the homeschooling rate had...
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South Carolina Woman with Down Syndrome Spends Nine Years Writing Entire Bible by Hand
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen (Revelation 22:21). This verse marks the end of the Bible, and it also concluded an...
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Jim Daly and Other Men Tell Powerful Stories About Their Fathers and Fatherhood in New Documentary by Kendrick Brothers
What is a father? What is fatherhood? For some, they define it by a loving and involved father, a man who is deeply invested in...
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‘Show Me the Father’ – Kendrick Brothers to Release New and Powerful Documentary on Fatherhood
The Kendrick Brothers, who are well-known for creating influential, spiritually uplifting and award-winning films like War Room and Fireproof, are preparing to release their first...
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Children Who Have Supportive Parents and Hopeful Goals Less Likely to Start Vaping
A new study published Monday found that adolescents who have strong parental support and those with set goals for the future are less likely to...
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Faith and Family are ‘Things Worth Dying For’
The COVID-19 pandemic brought to the forefront of millions of minds something most people don’t like to consider: death. Lockdowns, facemasks, vaccines, social distancing and...
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