Teenagers, Parents, and the Anxiety Epidemic: What a Counselor Wants You to Know
To challenge the anxious teen to just “get over it,” or, with a spiritual spin, “just trust God,” is akin to telling them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
To challenge the anxious teen to just “get over it,” or, with a spiritual spin, “just trust God,” is akin to telling them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
In an anxious age of school shootings, our students need a listening ear, the comfort of Jesus, and a hope for the future.
When I am able to remain calm and let my reasonableness be known to my children, I communicate the peace of God in Christ.
Instead of standing as one option among many viable paths to purpose, the cross serves as the axis around which the entire cosmos revolves.
A loving community of believers can hold different perspectives as long as we are in agreement about the gospel and the authority of God’s Word.
Our best chance comes from teaching Scripture effectively, so students grasp biblical truth before applying it to an anxiety-creating topic.
Sleep is an act of faith because we are actively accepting our humanity and putting at the foot of the cross all the aspects of life that cause us the greatest anxiety.
Anxiety has served me well in one respect: I have learned to dig into the Bible to find truth that helps me fight my fear for my children.
The gospel of Jesus Christ allows us to draw a different conclusion from our worst-case-scenarios, for he is the maker and re-maker of all things.