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By Joshua Rhett Miller Published April 02, 2012 | FoxNews.com The end of the road is here for Rachel Veitch's beloved "Chariot." After 576,000 miles -- or more than a trip to the moon and back -- in the same 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente, the 93-year-old Orlando grandmother is stepping on the brakes due…

By Dr. Keith Ablow Published January 08, 2013 FoxNews.com A new analysis of the American Freshman Survey, which has accumulated data for the past 47 years from 9 million young adults, reveals that college students are more likely than ever to call themselves gifted and driven to succeed, even though…

I'm My own grandfather!” Two men met at a bus stop and struck up a conversation. One of them kept complaining of family problems. Finally, the other man said: "You think you have family problems? Listen to my situation.” · “A few years ago I met a young widow with a grown-up daughter and we got married.”…

As I was preparing for this message I ran across these unanswered questions of Martina Phillips, a mother who has a wayward son whom she has not seen for 4 years: She has “how” questions: She asks: How does a parent, who has prayed daily, deal with the rebellion of a child? How does a loving parent accept…

06/18/11 08:33 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY -- A private investigator says he has tracked down a homeless Utah man and delivered some good news: He's inherited a lot of money. David Lundberg said he found Max Melitzer pushing a shopping cart filled with personal possessions in a Salt Lake City park Saturday…

The death of his 8-month-old son because of a heart ailment has given Cincinnati's Melvin Nieves a different perspective about winning or losing on the baseball field. The Reds outfielder, in the midst of a minor league rehabilitation assignment with the Reds' Class AAA Indianapolis farm team, says he…

On the eve of the Persian Gulf War, ABC correspond­ent Sam Donaldson asked a young soldier if he was afraid. The soldier responded by gesturing toward his buddies and saying that he was not afraid because he was with his family. The other soldiers shouted to the young manto repeat what he had just told…

Olympic champion Tara Lipinski intends to become a professional figure skater so she can spend less time training and more time with her family. "Now I'll ... be able to be with my family because they mean so much to me," she said Tuesday. "I don't want to be 21 and not know my dad." As a pro, Lipinski…

If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God's child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand…

FAMILY' BEHAVIOR IN AMERICA TODAY According topollster George Bama: One out of every four marriages has ended in divorce. Two out of three adults say that a successful marriage is one in which both partners have freedom to do as they choose. One-third of all married adults believe that adultery is an…

Ever met a childrearing expert? No, I’m not talking about the ones you find in a grandparent’s home who, through the tears of experience, the counsel of the Scripture, and the travail of prayer have poured themselves into their children to the point that they have reaped a heritage of godly adults who…

Think about this, the most important spiritual influence you will ever have on anyone as an adult, is your own family. The average church has a child 1% of his time, the school has a child 16% of his time, the home has the child 83% of the time! The home marks a child for life!

THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES - Mom / Motherhood Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks. Each kid will play two sports and either take music or dance classes. There is no fast food. Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean, correct…

But there are certain professions in which, during a crisis, the family simply has to come second for a time. A fireman cannot tell the fire chief, “I’m not going to enter that burning building and rescue those people because, well, it’s a risk, and my wife and my kids lose sleep when they know I’m on…

“An average family situation in our society today is on in which people maintain a distant and formal relationship with the family of origin, returning home for duty visits in infrequent intervals.” – Murray Bowen, 1976, “Family Therapy in Clinical Practice” (New York: Aronson), p. 383 The Eight Concepts…

Cutoff is a “process of separation, isolation, withdrawal, running away, or denying the importance of the parental family.” – Murray Bowen, 1976, “Family Therapy in Clinical Practice” (New York: Aronson), p. 383 The Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory, Roberta M. Gilbert, M.D., page 57

“There’s not much practical Christianity in the man who lives on better terms with angels and seraphs, than with his children, servants, and neighbors.”

Tiny Tim is one of Charles Dickens’ most loved characters. He is the small disabled boy in A Christmas Carol who brings joy to everyone who meets him. Tim’s father, Bob Cratchit, and the rest of his family love Tiny Tim. Two of the most meaningful scenes in the story are when Ebenezer Scrooge is peeking…

God wants YOU in His Arms Several years ago, Jeanette George wrote about a flight she had from Tucson to Phoenix. Some of you have been on that flight from Tucson to Phoenix – it’s not a long flight at all. Seated next to her was this young woman with a small, little baby girl. Jeanette describes the…

A couple of weeks back, we looked at the gift of family as one of the many things that God has given us for which to be thankful. Today we look at the exemplary couple chosen to be the parents to God’s Son, Jesus. There is not question that God had high regard for both Joseph and Mary. This couple was…

The person who cuts off from his or her family is not any more independent than the one who never leaves home. They are both reactive to a huge degree of fusion. Relationship “nomads,” or serial monogamists and hermits all represent versions of intense cutoff. One who cuts off from parents is vulnerable…

A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, “Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today.” The grandmother more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool even though she was worried what the child may have been told. “That’s interesting,” she said. “How do you…

Gasp Last year I breathed a sigh of relief after we took down the Christmas decorations. To be honest with you, it is easy for me to lose perspective during the Christmas season. For me it isn't the commercialism that is the issue. In my family, we settled that issue years ago. Yes, we spend money like…

One woman asked her mother why, if marriages were made in heaven, she and her husband were having so much trouble. Her mother responded, "Honey, that's true. Marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning. Turning Points Page 46 February 2006

When Texas pastor Jim benison was in college, he served as a summer missionary in East Malaysia. While there he attended a small church. At one of the church’s worship services, a teenage girl came forward to announce her decision to follow Christ and be baptized. During the service, Denison noticed…