Teens

A recent study stated that today’s teens struggle with spiritual commitment. Kendra Casey Dean is a minister in the United Methodist Church, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, and the author of, Almost Christian.  She proposes that teens are living out a “watered down” faith by serving a God whose ...

“Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” ~ Matthew 5:10 It was illegal to be a Christian. Illegal to serve God and worship Jesus. Illegal to own a Bible, let alone read it. Illegal to go to church. Illegal to meet ...

Headlines today have too many stories of teens committing suicide or attempting to. Just this week I read another story about Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston’s daughter, being found unconscious, face down in a bath tub. Authorities in the case have stated that it was due to a drug overdose and now she is ...

Everyone struggles with getting hot under the collar.  Anger is part of being human.  We all have triggers that set us off and make us angry.  We don’t have to work on not getting angry, we have to work on managing our anger instead of it managing us.  What matters ...

What do you do with the time you have been given? Recent observations show that teenagers are spending larger quantities of their time engaged in multiple technologies rather than face-to-face contact or connecting and interacting with the world around them. In addition, the gifts and talents they have been given ...