The goal for both parent and youth minister is the same: that the children in our homes and churches would come to love God, as revealed in Jesus Christ, with every part of their being.
If our children are in Christ, we can be confident in their future. Their best, and our best, is yet to come.
If we fail to express the good news of the gospel to our teenagers, we will be guilty of the same moralism we see in many of the religious teachers of Jesus’ day.
Happy Spring! We know that many of you are getting ready to send of high school seniors to college. Whether you have a long-standing tradition of honoring seniors or are just beginning to think about what to do…
If our children, even infants, are held in such high regard by our Savior, then starting early in their spiritual formation seems to be a faithful and honoring action to take.
As a parent I can provide spiritual “snacks” on God’s Word throughout the week to supplement the meals of Bible study and worship we enjoy with our church community.
As those who belong to him, he calls us and our teenagers to shine the light of his gospel in the darkness of the world.
Bearing your daughter’s burdens, which are often relational and emotional, means learning to listen, to understand, and to speak into those burdens without always solving them.”
it took years for me to realize the only thing I could be consistent in was falling at the foot of the Cross over and over.
