High blood sugar levels can impair growth in young children, according to a study by Nemours Children's Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. While researchers found that kids ages 4 to 9 with type 1 diabetes and el...

With entry-level courses in science and math plagued with high failure and drop rates, some colleges and universities are trying to shake things up a bit. They've done away with the standard lecture class heade...

MTV's reality shows "16 and Pregnant" and "Teen Mom" sometimes are used as illustrations of everything wrong with reality television. Critics allege the shows are crass and exploitative, and their stars are pla...

Teens love their social network, but their relationship with the biggest social network of them all is becoming rather strained. Now, before we overreact, let's say up front that plenty of teens still use Fa...

If kids aren't drinking or using drugs like they used to, just what are they doing? Could it be…reading? We can't say for sure. What we can say is that in the first three quarters of 2014, sales of you...

Every generation worries about its kids, but when it comes to alcohol and drugs, today's parents may have less to worry about. Rates of drug use (including alcohol and tobacco) have declined in almost every ...

"I bring you tidings of great joy" (Luke 2). One of the most popular Christmas carols is "Joy to the World," a hymn written by Isaac Watts in the early 1700s. What makes the story behind this hymn so remarka...

"Be persistent, whether the time is favorable or unfavorable" (1 Tim. 4:2). Not long ago, our congregation began a two-year process of strategic planning. We began to discuss our strengths, challenges, opp...

"And the word became flesh and lived among us" (John 1:14). When I was in college, our family hosted a student from China. This experience was beneficial in many ways. We learned some Chinese vocabulary, c...

"He was in the world and the world came into being through him" (John 1:10). If there is one theological word that describes the uniqueness of the Christian faith, perhaps it is incarnation, which means ...