Awesome day today!
I had the chance to spend 2 hours with some creative & engaged people who were getting serious about talking sex. We were brainstorming on our Love & Sex series coming in February.
It was a great cross-section of our church, from brand new people to long-time Gracers; from a teenager to newlyweds to empty nesters.
We brainstormed on:
- What topics we should cover in our Love & Sex series
- Key questions about Love & Sex facing our culture
- Important passages of Scripture to consider
- Creative ways to communicate the concepts
We made some serious progress for God together & absolutely ROLLED with laughter. I can't wait to see how God will use our time today!
Tim, my heart breaks over this issue. My ear is on the ground so to speak and I’ve been lucky with the honesty my teens have shared with me (dude, I’m using a code name for this post). The rules have changed. Girls are not only not valuded by boys, but worse, they are not valued by themselves. Sex among teens is the norm, not the exeption and the stastics aren’t different inside the church. Multiple partners is the norm. Sex before relationship is the norm. Girls “performing” is the norm. At no time is there less than 20 girls pregnant in our high school–it’s not hidden, or “taken care of” as much here as in other schools. The love of women is all but dead. I beat my head against the wall trying to figure out why girls are at my house when I don’t know their parents and they don’t know me, my values, my rules…etc. I find myself parenting children that aren’t mine but happen to pass my threshold. This started in the SEVENTH GRADE. That’s when I started dealing with “teens” having sex. SEVENTH GRADE!! Please read Teaching True Love to a Sex at Thirteen Generation by Eric and Leslie Ludy. I read it thinking this can’t be true, but when I asked my kids, my heart broke when they confirmed IT IS ALL TRUE. We can’t afford to turn a blind eye to what is happening to the value of young women. WHERE ARE FATHERS????
Thanks so much for the book recommendation. I’ll order it.