As sure as day will turn into night, you will have “crushes.” You know, that boy or girl that you have the hots for. Then eventually you’ll go out on dates. Christian teens have feelings too, so don’t be ashamed. God made no mistake when He created us sexual beings. ...
Read More »Where is the Teenage/ Millennial Work Ethic?
A constant complaint I hear (and sometimes administer) is that the work ethic of the “younger generation” is terrible and anemic. It may sound like I’m an “old fogie”, but at 40 years old I don’t quite consider myself as part of the elderly. (Disclaimer: I realize that not all ...
Read More »The Task of Teaching a Teenager
I teach. I am a sounding board reverberating simple instructions into the atmosphere known as the classroom. My mind is a magnitude of knowledge bursting at the edge of my skull while it watches the hairs on my head turn into a slumbering shade of gray. Frustration is fuming all ...
Read More »I’m Grown!
“I can’t wait to be eighteen so I can leave this house!” This is the declaration that usually follows most teenage temper tantrums during or after an argument with parents. Don’t roll your eyes; I’m only speaking the truth. It is during the transitional teenage years that your most confident ...
Read More »Teens & Peer Pressure
Teens & Peer Pressure By Joel B. Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Friends, teens, today I’m going to talk to you about peer pressure. What is peer pressure? It’s when you feel the urge to do ...
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