There’s No Place Like Home
When it comes to getting a good education, apparently, there's no place like home.When homeschooling first came into prominence in the late 1980’s many viewed it with skepticism, but it has proved itself ...
Skydiving for Parents: Raising Amazing Kids Without Going into Free Fall
Skydiving for Parents: Raising Amazing Kids Without Going into Free Fall Jane BullivantMonarch Books, 2006, 143 pp., $11.99, www.lionhudson.com Skydiving for Parents will not change your life, but author and ...
Playbook for Christian Manhood: 12 Key Plays for Black Teen Boys
Playbook for Christian Manhood: 12 Key Plays for Black Teen BoysJames C. PerkinsJudson Press, 2008, 100 pp., $14.00, www.judsonpress.comThis book is long overdue! Written to be read and used by 11- to 15-year...
Your Child’s Strengths
Your Child’s StrengthsJennifer Fox, M.Ed.Viking, 2008, 342 pp., $24.95, www.penguin.comIn our society, we focus on weaknesses rather than strengths by placing kids in a structured learning environment t...
Christian Book of Year Announced at ICRS
The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) announced this evening the six category winners of the 2008 Christian Book Awards and the "Christian Book of the Year" during the International Christian ...
Silicon Valley Teens Express Global Philanthropy
From the story: "A group of Kenyan orphans is tasting milk for the first time. On a train platform in India, teachers are giving lessons to children whose families force them to beg from passengers. And in Thai...
‘Disturbingly Common’ Gene Prompts Violence
From the story: "Three genes may play a strong role in determining why some young men raised in rough neighborhoods or deprived families become violent criminals, while others do not, U.S. researchers reported ...
Young Conservatives United by Faith
From the story: "The topic of the high school discussion was homosexuality, and almost everyone in the class expressed the view that 'it's OK to be gay.' Jennifer Landry believed otherwise. 'The act is horrible...
New Monasticism: What it Has to Say to Today’s Church
New Monasticism: What it Has to Say to Today’s ChurchJonathan Wilson-HartgroveBrazos Press, 2008, 147 pp., $14.99, www.brazospress.comAn intriguing book has arrived informing us about a new development ...