Teens

For order, there must be authority. For authority, there must be a hierarchy. For a hierarchy, there must be people at the top, people at the bottom, and people in between. Only God can rule over people with the perfect response of mercy and justice. This day will come, when ...

Studying Ishmael’s life and specifically his rejection reminds us that life is not always fair. Sometimes the people who should take care of us and protect us from the cruelties of the world fail to do. Other times, the people we love most are the very ones who inflict pain ...

Son Most Beloved And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. ~ Genesis 16:15-16 Sarah and Hagar were working in the tent when they heard the commotion. Dogs barking. ...

Recently, I engaged in a conversation with a young adult about his life plans. He was going to college and working, unsure of what he wanted to do, as is the case with many his age. When I asked him what he really enjoyed his response was, writing and speaking. ...

I sometimes wonder if people, when they grow up, forget how it was to be a kid.  It is true that from the adult perspective, children’s problems can seem very small comparatively, but that is looking at the problem from the wrong angle.  When your world is small, the problems ...