Ask Aunt B

Dear Aunt B, I want to be anywhere but home. What is wrong with me? How do I fix this? Home Not So Sweet Dear Home Not So Sweet, PS (In Advance): I do realize at the completion of this column, that I could have missed the mark with this answer. You might have been asking a more emotional question.

Bringing Comfort to U.S. Service Members at Sea

For more than 80 years, the USO has served the men and women of the U.S. military and their families, throughout their time in uniform. And now, with the opening of its first two shipbased USO centers, they are going where they go even at sea. The two new centers, on the USS George H.W.

Why Do Some Christians Stop Following Jesus?

“Maybe the things Jesus asks people to do are so hard that they do not want to do it,” says Maggie, 11. “It’s easier to quit.” Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is difficult because one is usually swimming upstream against the current of this world.

Ask Aunt B

Dear Aunt B, I am hearing lots about artificial intelligence. I would be lying if I didn’t say it frightens me. Will I lose my job to a computer? Scared Dear Scared, Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence (AI). For sure, it is a real thing. More and more AI is coming out on a daily basis.

Cape Fear

“Ms. Moo?” the voice was coming from a body in the corner with a clipboard for a head. It’s the curse of the paperwork software. Some places, namely the ones that feel the need to place plastic bracelets on your arm, use a software program that cuts off after exactly 3 characters of one’s surname.

Supporting Children & Youth in Foster Care As They Go Back to School

The back-to-school season can bring excitement for young people, but for youth in foster care, starting a new school year can feel scary and uncertain. Children enter foster care not because of any fault of their own, but because their families are in crisis.

How Does God The Father Bring People To Jesus?

“The Bible is like a magnet and the people are attracted to it,” says Angel, 12. “We all have a choice to stay in the darkness or be saved and go to the light.” Wherever you find the Bible widely read and taught in a society, you find freedom.

Ask Aunt B

Dear Aunt B, I am a perfectionist. I have always been a bit proud of this fact. I am recently realizing how dysfunctional this behavior is. Is it too late to change? What are some suggestions for changing this behavior? Perfect is Best, Right? Dear Perfect is Best, Right?

It’s Not a Cat

It was dusk, the first time I saw the creature. My 5-minute foray to the outside of my house went awry. I had intended to water the rosebushes, the ferns, and the small patch of lemon balm I was trying to resurrect from the summer heat.

How Does God The Father Bring People To Jesus?

“God puts people into our lives who lead us to Jesus,” says Maggie, 11. “They may show his love by hugging, helping them out, telling them that God loves them, and being kind to them.” It’s humbling to consider that God can use any Christian to usher someone into God’s eternal kingdom.