Living Together Before Marriage Won’t Help You Avoid Divorce – Here’s Why

October 17, 2017 By Roland Warren

I fly quite a bit. Sometime ago, I sat next to a pilot that was heading to his next flight location. We had an interesting conversation. He told me about a requirement that his airline had for pilots to do training and testing in a flight simulator. Now, my only experience with flight simulators was playing the popular Microsoft computer game years ago. So, I responded, “That flight simulator must be a lot of fun!” However, to my surprise, he... Read more

3 Things a Father Must Do to Fix a Communication Problem With a Child

September 19, 2017 By Roland Warren

As a young father with small children, one of the highlights of my day was the greeting I experienced when I got home from work. Like clockwork, when I would arrive my two sons would drop whatever they were doing and come running, yelling “Daddy!” At times, they would even meet me at the driveway before I could get out of my car. And, of course, I would joyously greet my little guys, too. Fathering was pretty easy then. All... Read more

The Looming Crisis of Family-Less Fathers and Its Cost to Society

September 10, 2017 By Roland Warren

Several years ago, my youngest son and I began a regular practice of packing several backpacks with packaged food, toiletries, and small Bibles, and heading to downtown Washington, DC to pass them out to the homeless. Most of the people we met were men and soon I discovered something that truly surprised me. Most of these men were fathers. I remember a conversation with one homeless father, who was in his early 50s like me. He told me that he had... Read more