Q & R: Teaching Youth

Q;

I am a member of a small traditional church. I have the dubious distinction of being the sunday school teacher for the “youth,” though at the moment we have no members under the age of about 30. I have been reading your “10 questions” book and have been slightly blown away by the essential eternal kindness in the biblical story when viewed in the way you suggest. If it should come to pass that we ever have another teenager pass through our doors, where do you suggest I begin to teach a wholesome theology?

R: Two things:

1. Stay tuned for information about a conference on children and youth that will address exactly this question.
2. I wonder if we can get some other folks offering their responses to this important question. If you sign onto my facebook page, that’s a good place for response …