A teenage friend of mine recently returned from a trip - hosting an invisible bacteria within his body that had now lodged itself in his system. Within hours, he wasn’t feeling well - and within a day or two after that he was actually in a desperate fight for his life. The germ that entered his body closed […]
I received a call the other day, asking about a recent outbreak of heroin overdoses that have affected certain East Coast communities. That same afternoon – teenagers in our Jairus 12-Step program were discussing the availability of that powerful drug. As most people know, heroin is fast becoming the drug of choice for many young […]
Why is it that ~ when our young people have free time on their hands… and many of them do ~ they invariably drift into poor choices for mischief, instead of plugging in positive behaviors? Simply put – it seems next to impossible for them to summon the energy to clean their room, or do […]
I was reading in my Bible this morning, and it struck me that so much of what was written there was meant to ENCOURAGE the reader. I happened to be going through one of Paul’s letters to the people in Corinth, and he was really trying to build them up – you know, the self […]
When my kids were small, I taught them basic life lessons like learning to tie their shoes. I noted that one primary aspect of the human spirit emerges early on… people like to try ‘doing’ the very thing that they are learning. For instance, when my daughter was shown how to tie the loops in […]
It will be here that you and I can check in on thoughts regarding youth, family and community issues. From my desk in the Jericho church of Middleboro, Massachusetts, I can watch as area kids struggle with identity and purpose. We are doing whatever we can to alleviate their concerns and distresses… but the task […]