General Family & Relationships

After a successful military and federal service career spanning over 35 years, retirement was inevitable. The thrill of enjoying a well-earned retirement was anticipated but what wasn't expected was losing both his parents, nationally broadcasted cases...

An award-winning broadcast journalist shares his poignant story about his family's journey with autism. About one child out of 110 will be diagnosed with autism. When Dwayne Ballen's son Julian was diagnosed at age four, Ballen started a blog to record...

Follow me on my journey to me. Within these pages lies a collection of 65 poems chronicling the various emotions, joys, and trials a young woman may encounter in her coming of age. Though these experiences are specific to my individual journey, anyone...

In every relationship, both people bring along their share of personal baggage with hopes that the other person will help them unpack. Often a man or woman who is lonely and desperate for love realizes -- too late -- that their needs have driven them...

In every relationship, both people bring along their share of personal baggage with hopes that the other person will help them unpack. Often a man or woman who is lonely and desperate for love realizes -- too late -- that their needs have driven them...

Why is there a divide in the church? For author Cornelia Lynn Beard, the divide is questionable to her when we are all a community of believers worshipping the same God. However, the fact that she was an African-American woman attending a church led by a...

If you want your kids to grow up financially fit, here's the book for you! Fran Harris, an entrepreneur since age nine, shows you how to help your children become better savers, smarter spenders, and more informed consumers. Packed with exercises...

Lincoln is a young lady lost without her father. He was the only person Lincoln has ever had a true bond with. She's trying to maneuver in a world she is not equipped to handle on her own. She is left with a self-centered mother, who's only concerned...

Have you come across the saying "Racism is something you learn, not something you were born with"? This saying is very true and it is also extremely easy to verify. In multi-ethnic communities, when observing children playing, you will notice that they...

I grew up in Guyana and unlike many, was lucky. I was certainly stubborn but also fortunate. The 'Third world' as it was known, had so many young people faced with a lifetime of struggle and poverty. They did almost anything, legal or illegal just to...

16th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year - Culture We live in conflicted times. Our newsfeeds are filled with inequality, division, and fear. We want to make a difference and see justice restored because Jesus calls us to be a peacemaking and...

It's Thanksgiving week, 1989. We're in Big Piney and Little Piney, two hollows near the town of Garnet in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A handful of mismatched folks - some country people, some far-flung, fancy people - discover they have one thing in...

It's Thanksgiving week, 1989. We're in Big Piney and Little Piney, two hollows near the town of Garnet in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A handful of mismatched folks - some country people, some far-flung, fancy people - discover they have one thing in...

If a child is brought up without any outside influences but the word of God, what kind of child would he grow up to be? Gideon is one such child. Found by a single woman in an unused motel room, the baby boy seems to be nothing short of a miracle from...

If a child is brought up without any outside influences but the word of God, what kind of child would he grow up to be? Gideon is one such child. Found by a single woman in an unused motel room, the baby boy seems to be nothing short of a miracle from...

This is the poignant and triumphant story of Terrence K. Williams, who was born into nothing; neglected, starved, abused, and beaten, a product of the foster home system. He grew up without a table to sit at, let alone food to eat, yet today is endeared...