Families with a dad—or mom—whose business responsibilities require frequent travel know the difficulty of long-distance parenting, the challenge of feeling close, the pain of saying good-bye, and the stress of reentry problems. Others experience an absent spouse due to a military career, ministry travel, workaholism, even addictions and imprisonment. The toll on family life is often severe.

Begun as a project to find the best and most biblical way to cope with the battles fought by families of "road warriors," Holding Down the Fort brings the encouraging and enlightening real-life stories of families who share their honest struggles and practical solutions to times of separation. Interviews with the wife of Luis Palau, the wife of dc Talk musician Toby McKeehan, and many others provide strategies to help readers apply successful principles in their own lives immediately.