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January 2013

January 21, 2013

40 Years since Roe V. Wade—what to Know, Feel, and Do

I encourage you all not to let this date pass by unnoticed—Tuesday, January 22, 2013....

January 17, 2013

12 Questions to Ask Your Teenager

One of the biggest complaints I’ve been hearing from parents recently is, “My kid won’t...

January 08, 2013

A Father’s Protection

There is an old legend regarding the Cherokee Indian youth's Rite of Passage. When a...

December 2012

December 26, 2012

A Christmas Chalk Drawing

Since today is the day after Christmas, I thought I'd do something a little different...

December 19, 2012

How to Talk to Children about Tragedy

Just about a week ago, our nation experienced another unspeakable tragedy when a disturbed young...

December 15, 2012

Boys and Elephants

A number of years ago there was a problem with the elephant herds on a...

December 06, 2012

Breaking the Ice

Finish the sentence: “When I was in high school, you would have found me…” How...

December 04, 2012

Expectations Make the Man

Oftentimes the expectations we have for our children have a tendency to come to fruition. ...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Shaming Your Teenager

We all know that discipline is necessary... but how far is too far? CNN News...

November 28, 2012

A Post-Thanksgiving Meditation

The story haunts me. A rich young man runs up to Jesus and breathlessly asks,...

November 20, 2012

Perpetuating the Cycle

Fatherless boys tend to follow in the footsteps modeled for them, perpetuating fatherlessness onto future...

November 14, 2012

A Pilgrim or Exile: Never at Home

Do you know what it feels like to be an exile? It was the summer...

November 07, 2012

Are You a Pilgrim?

What comes to mind when you hear the word pilgrim? In America most of us...

November 01, 2012

Too Sexy Too Soon

No one would argue, Halloween has become an excuse for girls to dress slutty without...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Anti Bullying Resources

This month, I’ve been focusing on National Bullying Prevention Month. For me, this is a...

October 30, 2012

A Culture Without Vision Perishes

A blind man once asked a wise man, “Is there anything worse than losing your...

October 25, 2012

Should We Read Our Teenagers’ Texts

My 16-year-old daughter traveled with me to Southern California where I taught a parenting workshop...

October 24, 2012

Why is National Bullying Prevention Month Important?

Every month of the year is some kind of an “awareness month.” In fact, for...

October 23, 2012

Boys Need Men

Early in the movie, GoodFellas, Ray Liotta’s character is a teenage boy working for the...

October 17, 2012

Can We Put an End to Bullying?

Have you ever thought how much better the world would be if we could get...

October 16, 2012

Porn Star Lipstick

While I was eating my cereal the other morning I was looking for something to...

October 11, 2012

What Teen Girls Learn from Seventeen

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words... perhaps so is a magazine cover. In...

October 09, 2012

The Secret Power of a Book Trailer

As publishing houses are putting a greater amount of the responsibility to market books upon...

October 04, 2012

Do You Know What Songs Your Kids Just Downloaded?

Digital Music sales is up 15 percent from last year, and America is on pace...

October 03, 2012

October is Anti-Bullying Awareness Month

I turned 57 last month. I suppose I'm getting to the point of life where...

October 02, 2012

A Contract for Men

I believe that men were created to live lives of significance. I believe men are...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Adults Would Rather Not Know

...WHAT GOES ON IN THE DARK Jonathan McKee, Author of Candid Confessions of An Imperfect...

September 24, 2012

Teaching Girls to Weld in the Jungle

I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do....

September 19, 2012

Shocking Homecoming Dance Song Playlist

It’s times like these that I’d love to have just a moment with the founding...

September 18, 2012

Learning to Give Your Children to God, pt 1

I didn’t learn how to fully trust my children to God until my son deployed...