Fortunately, there are many ministries encouraging men to stand with their families. And so our first goal was just to mobilize strong, black fathers who were drug-free, who were willing to stand up and be role models, giving our kids another group of men they could look at. Building strong families must include building families with fathers. Fatherlessness is one of the primary causes of social disintegration. Parenting cannot be left to mothers and grandmothers.
Fathers are essential.
He received his B.S. from Oregon State University, M.F.S. from Yale University, and M.A. from Georgetown University. Signs of Warning, Signs of Hope, and Moral Dilemmas . He also served as general editor for Marriage, Family and Sexuality . He is a nationally syndicated columnist whose editorials have appeared in the Dallas Morning News, the Miami Herald, the San Jose Mercury, and the Houston Post. Probe Ministries is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to reclaim the primacy of Christian thought and values in Western culture through media, education, and literature.