Parenting

Some pastors offer circumcision ceremonies as an alternative to older practices involving ancestor worship, misogyny, and dedicating children to demons.

Leslie Leyland Fields reads her piece about being the mom of six kids amidst our country’s declining birth rate.

Christmastime comes with its own losses and longings. God understands them.

Perhaps technology has changed everything. But God is still here, still wiring humans for connection and presence.

Amid peak consumerism season, I prayed for ways to teach my children about selfless giving.

Classroom tech was supposed to solve besetting education problems. The reality is frustrating for students and costly for taxpayers.

The heroine reminds me what it means to be beloved as I raise three children who were abandoned like her.

There are still good teachers doing good work. But they can only do so much when state directives and district resources push them online.

Women raising kids alone say worship can be a lifeline or a logistical burden.

And for the grownups—that’s all of us—who never outgrow their need for his presence around the clock.