How would you feel if your seven-year-old told you that he is having nightmares and stomach aches about some pictures he saw on the school bus last week? What would you say? What would you do? Wouldn’t you wish you … Continue reading
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Choices III — Making good ones
What do your teens value? val-ue VERB 2. consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial Oxford Dictionary What is really important to your teens? What do they desire more than anything? The answer to these questions will determine what … Continue reading
Choices II — Why do we make bad ones?
Why do we make bad choices? Is it because of lack of information? Is it a failure to consider the outcome, to weigh the consequences of a particular action? A lack of support to do what is right? A weak will? Is … Continue reading
Beyond Consent
What if sex were about … something more than my ‘Yes’? Last Valentine’s Day members of the Love and Fidelity Network at universities across the United States countered the casual sex culture on their campuses with a poster campaign to … Continue reading
Walter Schumm: Feelings and identity
Before 2015 little was known about transgender issues. Within a year transgender issues are on the front pages of newspapers every day, at least in the western world, and schools everywhere are scrambling to put into place policies for bathroom … Continue reading
Walt Mueller: “We need to get it right!”
“My friend Steve Garber told me three years ago,” writes Mueller, “that the transgender issue is ‘the most complex, tender, and difficult issue we face in the church right now.’” In figuring things out, Mueller is committed to following the … Continue reading