Why Ohio Needs a New Vision for Fatherhood
February 16, 2026
In the book of Nehemiah, we see a leader heartbroken by a city in ruins. Not only did he mourn the rubble, but he also took it upon himself to rally the community to rebuild the wall, family by family, station by station. Today, as we look across the Buckeye State, we see a different kind of “wall” that has crumbled: the presence of the father in the home.
For many of us in the pulpit, this is also a very clear reality on Sunday mornings. We see the single mothers heroically carrying the spiritual weight of their households. We see the young men drifting, searching for an identity that was never modeled for them. We see the “rubble” of a culture that has treated fathers as optional, and the data shows the price our children are paying.
