"The only differece between bad confirmation and bad constipation is that bad constipation goes away after a while." - Erik Young
A message hit my blog that brought the quote above to mind. Here's the message, and my answer:
Message: Hello! I love your website. A friend showed me a mailing or something that you had done about
Jesus being rebel, stayed out late--and something else. It was very
eye catching and framed Jesus in a different light that I know my son
would appreciate.
My son Christian, just turned 14 and he is going through
confirmation and he just HATES it. He has to write a paper to be
confirmed and I remember seeing that phamplet. I thought he might be
able to jump off that with writing his paper. He is a Christian he goes
to a Christian school. He told me learning about God can be really cool
but confirmation is so boring. I thought confirmation was dreadful,
too. Any suggestions?
Hi Mary (name changed):
Great to hear from you. Rich Melheim here. I'm on sabbatical in Colorado, but my staff in Stillwater would enjoy helping you out with anything you need.
So sad to hear that your son's experience has been bad. Those adolescent years should look a lot more like falling in love with Jesus than sitting through a painfully boring class.
Our prayer will be that he finds a multitude of great Christians who can come along side him in the year to come, model Christ's love, and help him see the joy and wonder of living a Christian life.
I don't get home until August, but if you want to come over to Stillwater and visit our 423 S. Main street office sometime, feel free. Our staff will take great care of you and love to hear your story.
Blessings,
Rich
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