Entries Tagged as ‘parents’

May 29, 2008

summer is here!

Well, who can believe it?!?  Summer is here!  I know that I am having a hard time with the fact that it is June already (well, close enough as of the day this will post)!  My little girls are growing up so fast, seniors are graduating, youth are moving up to high school, and summer [...]

May 7, 2008

The Transitional Teenage Years

In understanding teenagers this has to be one of the most important things to remember- the teenage years are the equivalent of constant transition.  Teens are not really children, but not yet adults either.  Just looking at them can tell you that, right?  Some develop much quicker than others, for example- a 12 year old might [...]

April 21, 2008

More issues…

So, this past Wednesday we discussed a few issues that teens face- peer pressure, friends and drugs.  The last post focused on friends, so for this post we will look at drugs and peer pressure.
I was amazed when every youth in the room raised their hand when I asked this question, “How many of you [...]

April 17, 2008

Issues…

First, let me start this by saying that I am sorry I haven’t posted in awhile.  With the Youth Ministry Conference this past weekend, things just got crazy.  But no worries, I’m gonna make it up to you with two posts over the next few days, so read on…
We had a great talk last night [...]