Teaching Kids to Live with Hope
There are two phrases in Scripture that we must pay attention to, understand, and teach to our kids. They are, “In this life”, and “In the end.” These two phrases are so helpful in giving us a proper perspective on…
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Hope During a New Year
A blessed and happy New Year to you! 2023 is now in the past and we look forward with great expectation and perhaps a bit of trepidation to 2024. Today is a perfect day for you to sit with your…
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Remembering Christmas Hope
If you’re like me, there are two ways that I lose sight of what it is that we are celebrating on this Christmas day. First, I’ve allowed the familiarity of Christmas to diminish the meaning. I grew up in a…
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Suicide, Depression, and the Gospel
The latest research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding our kids and suicides are quite alarming. With mental health issues like anxiety and depression on the rise among our kids, it should come as no surprise that…
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Parent Prompt: Grief
CPYU Parent Prompts are a regularly released resource to spark biblically-centered conversations with your kids about the issues they face in today’s youth culture. Parents, now is the time to prepare your children and teens to face the various times…
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Death Rates Rising
A recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association tells us that the mortality rate for children ages one to nineteen increased by almost eleven percent between 2019 and 2020, and an additional eight percent between 2020 and…
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Episode 163: Announcing The Northeast Youth Ministry Summit
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Northeast Youth Ministry Summit Reformed Youth Ministries Brent Corbin – Executive…
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Words of Hope in Tragic Times
We all need to pay attention to Tony Dungy’s recounting of the tragic loss of his eighteen-year-old son Jamie to suicide several years ago. While God ministered deeply to Tony and his wife during this very difficult time, God also…
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Helping Teens Choose Life
In her helpful book, Teens and Suicide, Recognizing the Signs and Sharing Hope, Christian counselor Julie Lowe lists ten reasons we should give our teens for why life is worth living. They are ten messages rooted in the Gospel that…
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Episode 148: “Teens and Suicide” with Julie Lowe
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Julie Lowe Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation The Danger of Comparison…
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