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"It has not been easy being your dad, but it has been great. Greatness never comes with ease. I am proud that you are my son." A father looks back on his son's 17th birthday and finds meaning in tragedy and blessing in difficulty. Read the whole letter. (HT: Tim Challies)
Big congratulations to Rachel Stevens, the winner of a copy of Learn to Study the Bible - a great new resource for digging deeper in the Word of God! Contact us & we'll get it sent to you! Hey, and why don't y'all fan Learn to Study the Bible's Facebook page while you're at it?
Great Waters Press is delighted to announce the release of the new Kindle version of Raising Real Men. We have had folks asking for it for months and now it is ready! Get it delivered instantly wirelessly to your Kindle at Amazon. We pray it will kindle a fire of commitment to raising godly young…
We'll be hosting an HSLDA @home e-vent tomorrow night! You can join us in our living room (virtually) as we teach one of our favorite workshop sessions on Raising Real Men and then take your questions! Seriously, this is so cool! We set it up today and you'll be able to see our PowerPoint slides…
Writing in the journal Cognitive Development, researchers at the University College of London have discovered teenagers take risks: Scientists found that the teenagers took the most risks compared with the other groups, with the most risky behaviour seen in 14-year olds. [The test group ranged from age 9 to 35] The results suggest that teenagers…
The power of example is awesome; the Bible is full of admonitions to follow godly leaders' footsteps and look up to men of strength and character. Modern culture isn't doing much to provide them, though. Writing for the Pope Center for Higher Education, Dr. Stephen Zelnick of Temple University observed recently that the lack of…
Recently I started tracking the words "courage" and "courageous" in news stories. At the moment there are relatively few stories about "courageous" men, with the possible exception of politicians (usually those who disregard their constituents' wishes, it seems). The top three stories this morning illustrate my observation that most of the people in these articles fit…
George Will's column in the current issue of Newsweek asks, "What are today's 'basement boys' doing down there? Perhaps watching Friends and Seinfeld reruns about a culture of extended youth utterly unlike the world of young adults in previous generations." He looks at a new book by Penn State historian Gary Cross: Permissive parenting, Cross…
Especially if you're a mouse. Okay, take this for whatever it's worth. Researchers working with mice at the University of Missouri (Columbia) have found differences in the way the placenta responds to maternal diet depending on the gender of the unborn baby. It appears that a placenta for a female baby adapts to changes in the…
Monday March 8 - Hillsborough (Portland), Oregon KUIK 1360 AM - "The Jeff Kropf Show" - 7:05 a.m. Pacific Listen live online or find it in your local area Wednesday March 10 - Cheyenne, Wyoming KGAB 650 AM - "The Morning Zone" with Dave Chaffin - 7:37 a.m. Mountain Listen live online or find it…