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SoCal pastor's journey from addiction and failure to hope and redemption featured in Muscle & Fitness.

The birth of Jesus is one of the main messages of the new season of the Disney+ series, “The Santa Clauses.”

Over 30,000 people have signed a petition denouncing the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, as the upcoming event will feature both transgender and nonbinary performers in its lineup.

The reports about rising maternal mortality here at home are a wake-up call for those of us who may have been more focused in recent years on health improvements in developing nations where poverty and disease are rampant.

As the ordained leaders of the home, men are called to serve their families as committed Pastors, Providers, and Protectors.  

Whether you’re new at this grandparenting gig, or you’ve been at it for years, I’m sure you’d agree there’s a balance we must find between supporting versus controlling our adult children.

Alexandra Boylan and her sister Andrea Polnaszek launched their own company, The Boylan Sisters, to produce faith-based films that are fun and female-led. 

The way we live, the things we value, the roles we assume, and the priorities we set have made family an afterthought.  

In 1986, seven astronauts went up into space on the space shuttle Challenger. Among those brave astronauts was Christa McAuliffe, the first female to enter space. I remember watching it in my elementary school classroom as the teacher wanted us all to witness history being made. I watched with excitement as I saw the space shuttle take off. However, I found myself confused just a few minutes later when all I saw on the screen was a billow of fire and smoke. Our teacher explained that there was an explosion. She then told us that all those astronauts, including Christa, had died. As a young girl, I was emotionally shaken by what I saw. I had never seen anything negative on television before. It was jarring to realize those men and women I had just seen a few minutes ago were no longer alive and made history but for a completely different reason.

In the same way, your kids may be jarred by what they see on the news regarding the attacks in Israel. Finding the right words to comfort your child during these brutal attacks may be difficult. As parents, we can use this as an opportunity to explain to our children that God is still in control, regardless of the chaos we may see on television. Even when the world feels out of control, prayer is one of the most powerful weapons we can use to yield our lives and control over to God. Here are five prayers to pray with your children about the conflict in Israel:

It is not just human against human in this, but greater forces that are attempting to cause havoc in this world. This is where you need to teach your children that, yes, human beings do horrible things, but we serve a God who is far bigger than man and the Devil, who is ultimately the one trying to cause such horror.