Who should be shepherding the students in your church? Mom and Dad? You? The village? Yes. (Psalm 22:30-31; 78:4; 145:4; Hebrews 13:17; and so on) But it won’t just happen. The guys who founded The Navigators worked relentlessly to figure out the best training for each new believer (Colossians 1:28-29), and they taught them how […]
Rites of passage
Teachers dread helicopter parents — those who habitually swoop in to rescue their children. Imagine losing your coaching job because someone’s kid, who occasionally makes practice but never breaks a sweat, doesn’t see much game time. Helicoptering has been cited as a factor contributing to extended adolescence, especially for men. Consider what Richard Rohr says […]
It’s good when leaders lead differently
A while back two group leaders approached our youth pastor with questions. The first asked, “Is it permissible to take our group to a musical that one of our students is in? If so, how should we handle transportation?” The second said, “Our group is talking about a trip to Guatemala to work at an […]
Keeping the faith
Yesterday we referenced Kevin DeYoung’s blog on equipping our youth to think. Here’s one more excerpt from his series: I beg of you, don’t go after the next generation with mere moralism, either on the right (don’t have sex, go to church, share your faith, stay off drugs) or on the left (recycle, dig a […]
Leaving the faith
At some point our elders noticed how many students were leaving their faith after high school. By asking questions they discovered why, and one of the reasons was subtly referenced in a Wall Street Journal review of Where the Wild Things Are. It mentioned the point where Max’s “pretend power” came up against reality. When our […]
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