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‘Lady Bird’ Is a Love Letter to Home

Greta Gerwig is a name you’ll be hearing quite a lot of very soon. The director’s first feature-length…

How Your Pain Can Help Others

I met up with a friend whose 17-year-old daughter is struggling. I hadn’t seen C.C. for a while,…

How She Let Go of Worrying About Her Daughter

I woke early. It was still dark. The house was quiet. Where was Kahrin? Was she okay? I…

How Her Sons Taught Her To Embrace Change

I woke to pounding. Bam, bam, bam. What was that racket? I got up and looked out the…

Hope for the Prodigal Teenager

Today’s guest blogger, Andrea Merrell, has written a powerful book for parents with prodigal children–Praying for the Prodigal.…

Feeding the Soul

“I’m meeting up with Mehrab after I’m done at the soup kitchen tomorrow, and we’re going to the…

Could He Trust God to Oversee His Family’s Hiking Journey?

The John Muir Trail is a 211-mile footpath through the high country of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. It…

A Mother Lets Go

My son Thomas’s lanky 17-year-old body filled the length of our couch, his broken left leg propped on…

A Close Call and a Heart Full of Thanks

The text from my 13-year old son came in while I was heading home on a bus, an…

4 Ways to Help Your Teen Understand True Beauty

I struggled with self-esteem when I was a tween. I was a painfully shy, a little skinny and…

13 and Dating

I’m often surprised to hear that some parents allow their pre-teens or younger teens to date. I’ve even…

Therapy Brings Healing and an Answered Prayer

I sat in my car at the school bus stop, waiting for my 14-year-old daughter, my heart racing…

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