I hope you will read very carefully what I am about to write now, because it explains why this matter is so significant. Porn and smut pose an awesome threat to your boys. A single exposure to it by some thirteen to fifteen-year-olds is all that is required to create an addiction that will hold them in bondage for a lifetime. It is more addictive than cocaine or heroine. That was one of the conclusions drawn during the...

'The Antidote to Trauma is Relationship': Parents Should Talk to Their Kids About the Shooting, Expert Says

Our grasp of sin and our grasp of forgiveness go hand in hand. Let's be honest: We are all prodigals. We all want our own way…or the highway…and left to ourselves, we'd probably end up not too far from the pigpen, filling our hearts with garbage, and wondering why we're not satisfied. Jesus' parable of the prodigal son is more than just a story in the Bible…it's our story.

Think of someone you know… perhaps better than anyone else on the planet. Maybe it's your spouse, parents, a sibling, a son or daughter or best friend. If you shut your eyes, can you see the person's face? Could you pick him or her out of a crowd? What about his or her voice? Can you hear that as well?

Though I write today, I have few words. Instead, I have a lot of emotions. Like so many of you across the country, I feel deeply saddened. I’m angry. I’m disappointed. Unsettled. Disheartened. And as a dad, I’m concerned and guarded. News outlets report the school shooting in Parkland, FL to be the 18th school related shooting this year. Friends, it’s February 15th. We have 319 days left in 2018.

I've been thinking about my mom a lot lately. Gone for over 15 years now, I can still see her smile and feel her all-encompassing warm embrace. Mom was vivacious, generous and brilliant — and she had a delightfully zany sense of humor. Boy, how she could make me laugh!

As we prepare to usher in a new year, I look at it as an opportunity to raise the bar in my quest to be the best dad I can be for my kids. I’m also reminded that my time to pour into my kids is limited to a few precious decades.

If you or someone you know is doing online dating, listen up. These days it's often hard to tell the difference between the profiles of men and women who want a real romance and the ones who are "fake news" on a dating site.

A condemned prisoner awaiting execution was given the usual privilege of choosing his last meal. The prison guards looked in bewilderment when the meal arrived. It was a plate full of mushrooms!