real people: meet jamin

This week, we thought you might like to meet a few of the diverse people who make Real Teen Faith work!


Age: 19

Height: 6’ 1 (I’m the short guy in my family)

Pet Peeve: Apartment stores that put pants for short people at the very top of the shelf. (more…)

real story: fear

By iBeGat Staff Writer Christine Wesselius

“If I brought a gun to school you’d be the first one I’d kill.” Seth leered at me from behind, sending a chill down my spine.

It was my first year in public school and to say I wasn’t exactly socially accepted would be an understatement. I was in fifth grade and already I had someone who wanted to kill me – great.

Fresh from private school and home schooling I had no idea how to handle such a threat. Much less my ruined notebooks or the insults, threats, and curses bled into my desk with permanent, black marker that showed up in the following weeks.

I didn’t know how to tell my parents that my glasses were broken because a boy had hit me or that the day before I’d found the body of a dead mouse in my desk with the message “you’re next” noosed around its neck on notebook paper.

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real people: meet abbie

This week, we thought you might like to meet a few of the diverse people who make Real Teen Faith work!

Abbie Michaels
Name – Abbie Miller

Age – 19

Height – 5′ 5″…ish. I think.

Weight – *Are we talking pre-Christmas, or post-Christmas here?? (more…)

real devo: forgotten

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By iBeGat Staff Writer Christine Wesselius

I’ve screamed so long my lungs are hoarse, my fists have slammed against the wall so many times the skin is broken and bleeding streaks of red down my bedroom wall. No one’s home right now. And even worse—I can swear no one is listening. Even if someone was, they must not care about me because nothing is changing. No matter how many tears I weep in the night, no matter how low and broken I’ve become, all I hear is silence. All I feel is the emptiness from the world.

God has forgotten me.

Have you ever felt this way?

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real word: fear


For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. – Isaiah 41:13

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real question: how do i stop having sex?

Dear BJ,

I know its wrong but I cant stop having sex with my boyfriend. I feel so guilty but i can’t stop hes my life. What do I do?

Confused
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real poem: persevering hope

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By Guest Writer Graceland King

It is hard to see

The morning Sun

When these eyes are

Enticed to stay in tune (more…)