Hey friends,
Parenting teenagers is an adventure. Some days it feels like we are sailing on smooth water, but most days it feels like we are hanging on for dear life in a paddle boat being tossed about in the open sea. Don’t get me wrong, I love the ocean. I love a good adventure. But navigating the waters of parenting can feel isolating and insurmountable at times. That is precisely why I felt led to share with you what’s been going on in our world.
My son Luke is 14 and he just completed the 8th grade. He’s got this way of asking questions about things that most people just accept, and he does it not to be difficult but because he actually wants to know. He’s been doing it since he could talk. He’s a lot like his dad in that way, which is probably why I wasn’t surprised when he told me he didn’t want to get confirmed this year.
For those of you who didn’t grow up Methodist, confirmation is basically the moment the church turns to a teenager and asks…