Archive for April, 2008
April 16, 2008
Church? No thanks.
WHY TEENS ARE LEAVING IN DROVES
BY REBECCA GRACE, AFA Journal May 2008
Article Excerpt: Here is the church. Here is the steeple. Open the doors. Where are all the people?
Seventy percent of the people, 23 to 30 years old, are nowhere to be found in church on a regular basis for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22. They become church dropouts, according to a 2007 study from LifeWay Research. (more…)
Filed under: real question, youth worker resources, faith, real quote, real articles, real issues
Posted by T. Suzanne Eller @ 4:04 am | 1 Comment
April 15, 2008
The Corner
by Jamin Goecker, 17, Guest RTF Writer
Zack listened to the guys chattering as the bus jolted down the road. He’d been around them since kindergarten, but he still hadn’t spoken to any of them. His tongue stuck to the roof of his mouth as he prepared to say something.
I’ll probably just sound weird when I talk. He slipped his headphones into his ears and pulled his hood over his eyes.
Are you like Zack? I was. (more…)
Filed under: Jamin Goecker, friendship, real devos
Posted by T. Suzanne Eller @ 10:32 am | 7 Comments
April 14, 2008
Do you believe that Christ will return one day to take believers to Heaven? Why or why not?
If you do believe in Heaven, and what Scripture calls the Rapture, does that change the way you live on a daily basis?
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Posted by T. Suzanne Eller @ 11:31 am | Comments
April 12, 2008
”Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.” - François de La Rochefoucauld, Moral Maxims and Reflections
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Posted by T. Suzanne Eller @ 4:48 am | Comments
April 11, 2008
How Are You Praying Today?
by Lydia Rule, RTF Staff Writer
As I was reading my devotions this morning, I came across a chapter in the Bible that I had heard preached on many times. I started to read it not expecting to gain any new insights since I had heard the story before.
But I was wrong.
As I continued reading Mark chapter five’s account of Jesus healing a lunatic who lived among tombstones, two verses in particular caught my attention: (more…)
Filed under: Real Teen Faith Writers, faith, real devos, lydia rule
Posted by T. Suzanne Eller @ 4:21 am | Comments
April 10, 2008
I woke again to the sound of thunder so loud that it shook the windows. Hail pelted the house. My cat was on the deck, plastered to the window screen, crying to be let in.
Rain again.
The weather guy on TV looks tired. He points to the screen behind him. “Rain,” is all he seems to mouth. Blah. Blahdee. Blah. Blah. (more…)
Filed under: real devos, real word, T. Suzanne Eller
Posted by T. Suzanne Eller @ 10:05 am | 1 Comment
April 8, 2008
“I Felt Forgiven”
An Igniteyourfaith.com exclusive interview with Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf
by Todd Hertz
In an igniteyourfaith.com interview, IYF editor Todd Hertz talked to Lacey about her past and her faith.
What were your teen years like?
I was dealing with a lot with low self-esteem and depression, and I kind of hated myself a lot. I think that spilled over into relationships with other people. I hated everybody. So my home life was a bad situation. To get away from it, I started doing drugs when I was 13.
Filed under: real interviews, celebrities, music, real articles
Posted by T. Suzanne Eller @ 4:46 pm | Comments
April 3, 2008
Love reading fantasy?
This month’s giveaway is two books from author Mike Hamel:
Matterhorn the Brave - Rylan the Renegade
Matterhorn the Brave - Dragon’s Lair
How do you win?
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Posted by T. Suzanne Eller @ 10:20 am | Comments
