In another report from the Wall Street Journal cited in Touchstone Magazine recently, University of Virginia sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox offers three reasons why church-going fathers are more relationally involved with their children than non-church-going fathers. First, the ritual and preaching at church offer a sense of purpose and “sacred power” to their parental role. Second, a church-going commitment to the faith helps Dads deal with stress in more productive ways than without it. And third, church provides social networks of support and accountability for fathers to stay “on a family-centered path.” Wilcox’s article was published this past Father’s Day weekend in WSJ. Read it here: http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121331741679270239.html