By Rick Ezell After Bill and Jane saw Jessica through four years at the local university, she now was ready to journey into the next chapter of her life—a job in another state, many miles from home. Jane and Jessica had been inseparable as mother and daughter. Now, for the first time in 22 […]
By Jacqueline J. Holness As an American-born daughter of Jamaican parents who was raised in metro Atlanta, I consider myself a “Georgia Peach.” I don’t know as much as I should about my Jamaican heritage. This past summer, at my father’s invitation, I attended a thanksgiving and ecumenical service in celebration of Jamaica’s 50th year […]
By Bev and Phil Haas My 4-year-old son continues to be so aggressive at church that it’s a problem for him and me. We’ve tried to change his behavior, but nothing seems to be working. I feel like I’m a terrible parent, and quite honestly, I’m tired of hearing other parents tell me what to […]
By Tim Seevers Several years ago I was 12 miles out on Lake Erie with a few friends on a chartered fishing boat. It was a small vessel and we were being tossed around by the waves. After several hours of fishing, a storm came up quickly and we began our journey back to […]
By Juanita Wier Nobles In his book, Stronger (Cook, 2010), Focus on the Family president Jim Daly points to the feeling some people in other nations have about Christians in America. Jim was in Beijing to explore the possibility of expanding the work there, and was saying good-bye to a Chinese missionary couple who […]
