I doubt if there is anything more important for persons in shaping their lives than the families in which they are nurtured. So, on this Father’s Day, and the day following the marriage of our daughter, could I preach about anything else than family? I want to talk particularly about the family as a place for persons. The family is threatened in our day. The pressures of modern living bring explosion to the home. Consider these shocking statistics – over 40% of all marriages today end in divorce; 59% of all second marriages end in divorce – so your chances don’t increase. Nearly 40% of all families in America today are one-parent families. One-half of the 13.5 million babies born to mothers aged 18-24 last year were born out of wedlock. A million children run away from home each year. In a…