Is This Family?
6 Million children will be abused this year. 50% of marriages will end in divorce. Every 78 seconds a teen attempts suicide. Is this what we think family should look like? We don't think so!
Taking What We Learn
Taking what we learn from working with youth we can learn what the new "normal" looks like and how we as parents can help guide our children through this culture.
An Untamed Event
Join us for a familySTRONG Event in Conyers, GA Saturday, April 13th 9AM - Noon Sessions Technology: Looking for connection in all the wrong places Depression & Suicide: Coming up empty vs. finding out the true source Q & A Location Smyrna Presbyterian Church 2920 Hwy 212 SW Conyers, »
Why Not More: Youth Home seeks to bring change to families
One of the questions we are asked on a regular basis is how many young men does the Paul Anderson Youth Home serve. The answer is we work with 20 individuals at a time. Most respond by asking why we don’t serve more. It is a fair question, particularly given »
Change Is Happening
Before Jonathan’s arrest, he had a huge impact on the college campus where he was studying and selling drugs. No one had any doubt when he was taken into custody of all the problems he had caused. Lives were impacted because of the choices he had made. Jonathan came to »
I Should Have Been A Statistic
Jonathan's story is a simple one. His life was changed and he now seeks to be a part of changing the lives of others. Will you join him in supporting the work that gave him a second chance? Will you partner with us as we minister to young men like Jonathan?
JONATHAN
Within one month of turning thirteen years old, Jonathan became a man. At least, that’s what he thought. He had his first experience with alcohol, lost his virginity, and tried pot. To Jonathan, this made him grown up. More than that, he saw marijuana as an opportunity. He was a smart kid and understood smoking pot could be expensive - unless you bought enough to sell. By selling, Jonathan could accomplish three things all at once: he could make money, get high for free and be popular.
Who’s Your One?
Who's Your One? The poem "God Knows," written by Minnie Louise Haskins, is more popularly known by the name "The Gate of the Year." Published originally in 1908, it gained public attention in 1939 when King George VI read it in his 1939 Christmas Broadcast to the British Empire. At the time, Britain was in »
The Uplifting Story of Paul Anderson
Article from 1988 Saturday Evening Post Society about Paul Anderson. He was there when the country needed him--a man possessed not only of physical greatness, but the heroic qualities of kindness and good common sense. In 1955, Americans needed a hero. Toe-to-toe with the Russians in the Cold War, tightly »
What Is Zero?
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Paris' Slide Show
As a part of a PAYH graduation ceremony we always show a slide show of images from the young man's time with us. It is remarkable to look back and remember his time with us and to see the changes that take place in him. From the physical changes as »
Tears Like Water: Shooting In Newtown
My favorite daily devotional, “A Slice of Infinity, has told the story of a young girl who was the victim of a horrible event that took her life. In June of 2005, People Magazine entitled the article, "Justice for Samantha." The story is achingly heartbreaking as it tells how the »
