Hello! I’m a member on Real Teen Faith! I just had a question for you all!

I’m about to be dating a girl at my school. We’re both Christians and really involved in our youth group and church. However, she’s a senior, and I am a junior, and she’ll probably be leaving for college next year. How can I know if the relationship will last? And how can I make the most of the time we have together?

Thanks for setting up such a great website for us teens! If you’d like to post my question as a topic on the site, feel free!

-God Bless, Daniel* (more…)

By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick

It’s not really a habit for many people in our generation, but I realize that there are some folks out there who enjoy canning. Peaches, pears, figs – you name it. So when I read recently about a man who keeps navel fluff in a jar, I assumed the article was referring to canned oranges… if there is such a thing.

Turns out the words “navel fluff” are actually the Australian way of saying “belly-button lint”. (See? Suddenly I’m bi-lingual.) And not only does the man have one jar full of belly-button lint – multiply that by three. (more…)

For more Bare Naked Truths about why BJ’s glad she waited for the right person (Ethan, of course), go to the Bare Naked Truth Blog.

By RTF Editor BJ Hamrick

Dear BJ,

I hear a lot about people waiting to have sex until they’re married. Seriously? Where’s the fun in that?

- Just Wondering

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By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick

See the tall, gorgeous, light-haired, model-looking girls?

I’m not one of them. (more…)

Happy Retro Day! This week’s retro piece is a great reminder that no matter what kind of darkness you may find yourself in, you are never alone. And if you ever need someone to talk to, we’re here. Email us. ~ Halee

by RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick

I’m not the type of girl who likes to be put in a box. But on a warm Fall day in the mountains of North Carolina, my friend Laura talked me into it.

Literally.

“It’ll be fun,” she said. “Just crawl in.” (more…)

By RTF Editor BJ Hamrick

I’m not sure if it was the crash or the blood-curdling scream that alerted me to the fact that I was on a plane with a group of terrorists. I sat there staring, shaking… wondering. (more…)

By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick

Here I am again

Back at square one

I thought this would end

It’s only begun

This circle of grief

Traced into my soul

Cracks open and bleeds

I long to be whole

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