Facebook and other social networks have given users a whole new set of ways to keep in touch with the people most important to us; but sometimes, all that interconnectivity isn't all that great for us. Research...

We all know the cost of attending college continues to grow at an alarmingly rapid clip, but just what are students—and the parents often footing the bill—actually getting for their money? Often, no...

The United States' sluggish economy has been bad news for lots of families across the country, but it has contributed to a piece of good news: High school graduation rates are the highest they've been in decade...

Divorce, including relatively amicable divorces, can impact mightily how children deal with religion, according to new research from Lake Forest College in Chicago. Sociologists have found that kids raised by d...

Before ascending, Jesus tells His disciples in Acts 1:8, "You will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Arguably, short-term mission trips help teens obey t...

From the moment humanity rejected God, He embarked on a mission to restore what had been broken. The culmination of this mission—the missio dei—is found in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus....

You'd think people would have an easier time remembering a line from a great writer—William Shakespeare or Charles Dickens, perhaps—than an off-the-cuff Facebook post from a semi-literate friend tal...

As technology continues to grow in importance in the average home, families are adapting that technology—creating new opportunities for moms, dads and kids to spend time together. According to a recent st...

College is primarily about getting a quality education, we're told. Everything else—including college athletics—is supposed to supplement getting that precious diploma. However, when you examine how...

During a normal Tuesday high school staff meeting, I received a phone call I had hoped and prayed I would never receive. The voice on the other end informed me that one of my students had taken his life the ...