Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Sept. 25 Season Premiere with Michelle Obama

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America’s most beloved show returns!  “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” will have a special two-hour series premiere with a special visit by First Lady Michelle Obama. As part of her Joining Forces initiative, Mrs. Obama participated in the episode featuring Barbara Marshall, a 15-year Navy Veteran, fighting to end homelessness among her fellow female veterans. Barbara [...]

A Student’s Cheat Sheet for Success In School

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All students have universal needs such as good study skills, effective time management, academic and social support systems, and recreational outlets. You may be well out of proper direction if one of these is not given value. You can be guided by a good set of goals. A set of goals will begin by having a [...]

Surviving the Life: Visitation for Divorced Dads

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Divorced dads sometimes dread the act of visitation because of the abrupt time that they spend with their children.  These times are very limited, and for a father, even a whole day is not enough to spend with your own kid.  This is different than living in one house and having all the time in [...]

The Impact Of Social Media Sites On Teens and Christian Ministry

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The term Social network refers to people who are linked to one another. Some online encounters in chat rooms, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter meet our definition of group, people who interact with one another and who think of themselves as belonging together. That’s exactly why the Social Network sites are thriving so well, everyone wants [...]

Surviving the Life: Dating When You’re A Single Parent

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Just because you’re a single parent and your first priority is your child does not mean that you should forget about your needs too. We all need to feel that we are loved and that we have someone we can depend on. This is especially true for single parents who are singlehandedly raising their children [...]

Six-Year-Old Author LaNiyah Bailey, An Anti-Bullying Advocate

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LaNiyah Bailey is a 6‐year‐old author with a message for children like her – just because you are bigger than other kid, that doesn’t mean that people have the right to bully you. In her debut book, Not FAT Because I Wanna Be, LaNiyah details the struggle of Jessica, a fictional girl who has an [...]

Sommer Crayton: Who Is Responsible To Help The Extended Family?

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If a Family is in Need, who is responsible to help, the extended family, the church, the community, or a program? In my opinion the Biblical design for the needy is correct, the responsibility for the family should go to the extended family first, then the church, and then the community. These days they are [...]