“No tienes idea de lo que es ser padre de un estudiante de secundaria. Lo entenderás una vez que tengas tus propios hijos “. Mis mejores planes para ayudar se cayeron. Cuando estos padres salieron de mi oficina, mi primer pensamiento fue: “Soy un fracaso total. ¿Walmart está contratando? “. Mi segundo pensamiento fue:” Esos…

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“You have no idea what it’s like to be a parent of a high school student. You’ll understand once you have kids of your own.”  My best laid plans to help fell flat. As these parents left my office my first thought was: “I’m a total failure. Is Walmart hiring?” My second thought was: “Those…

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It’s that time of year when many student ministry leaders are making critical decisions about how they will leverage summer trips and where they will take students. Endless flyers, mailings, emails and social media blasts try to grab our attention. It’s hard to make sense of it all and choose the right organizations to partner…

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Do you remember the posters that were all the rage a few years back? Groups of people would be huddled outside a store in a shopping mall staring at a 2 x 3 poster of a random series of like-colored dots. You would cross your eyes, purposefully lose focus, change angles for what seemed like hours.  People…

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Despair has a permeant address deep in his gut. Everything he reads paints the picture that it’s his fault and the damage has been done. He knows something must change, but in the church that seems less likely than addressing the issue itself.  If he were honest, he doesn’t want to read, study, converse or even consider…

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