I came from a dysfunctional family - very dysfunctional. And my father used to find great humor in throwing me down the stairs.

When I came to faith, I was on pro-choice boards, and I dropped off of those because you couldn't read the Bible and be pro-choice.

I came from Nebraska, a very middle class family with a progressive father.

I would say I came from upper middle class family.

My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family.

And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience - I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist.