There are SO MANY sensible, thoughtful, knowledgeable, wise points in this article. How do we pour into students after a week at summer camp or vacation Bible school? It's definitely an important challenge to plan and prioritize.
All of it spoke to me. It's hard to take a small section out because all was meaningful. So if I have to pick on Re, it's this.
But here’s the challenge: We can’t lead our children somewhere we’re unwilling to go ourselves.
If we want our kids to know God’s Word, we have to spend time in it ourselves.
If we want them to have an authentic prayer life, they need to see us pray.
If we want them to value Christian community, they need to watch us pursue it.
If we want them to keep growing spiritually after camp, we have to keep growing spiritually after Sunday.
Discipleship isn’t something we outsource to a pastor, a small group leader, or a week at camp. It’s something we model everyday through personal Bible reading, prayer, honest conversations, Christian community, and a willingness to keep learning ourselves.
There are SO MANY sensible, thoughtful, knowledgeable, wise points in this article. How do we pour into students after a week at summer camp or vacation Bible school? It's definitely an important challenge to plan and prioritize.
Yes! It has to start with us!
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All of it spoke to me. It's hard to take a small section out because all was meaningful. So if I have to pick on Re, it's this.
But here’s the challenge: We can’t lead our children somewhere we’re unwilling to go ourselves.
If we want our kids to know God’s Word, we have to spend time in it ourselves.
If we want them to have an authentic prayer life, they need to see us pray.
If we want them to value Christian community, they need to watch us pursue it.
If we want them to keep growing spiritually after camp, we have to keep growing spiritually after Sunday.
Discipleship isn’t something we outsource to a pastor, a small group leader, or a week at camp. It’s something we model everyday through personal Bible reading, prayer, honest conversations, Christian community, and a willingness to keep learning ourselves.