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  • Confidence Builders

    I did youth work well before I became a grandmother. I have always enjoyed working with young people and I enjoy it even more as a grandparent.  My husband, Mark, and I love our grandchildren like we loved our youth ministry kids, but the trust we enjoy from our grandchildren is deeper because we have…

  • Wasting Time On Love

    When you look at what youth workers do, far too much of their time seems to be wasted.  Ask any youth worker, “What did you do today?” The reply might be, “I played dodge ball with a bunch of ninth-grade boys” or “I hung out at McDonald’s with some teenagers after the basketball game.” Youth…

  • Praying the Long Game

    Grandparents know the long game. Grandchildren don’t. Advanced planning by children often means, at most, the day after tomorrow. They respond to life happenings with dramatic reactions. Getting a “D” in seventh grade math is “the worst thing that has ever happened to them”. Being grounded for a whole month means “their world has come…