When it comes to teaching about sex, parents of preschoolers should see their job as one of building the right foundation.
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PHOTOBOMB. Foe-tow-bom (verb) - to drop in a photo unexpectedly...to hop in a picture right before it is taken. (Definition from the Urban Dictionary) Sticking your face into a photo where it does not belong has long been a practice of your prank-minded friends. Now we finally have a name for it...
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Jenifer is a far better parent
than I am. She is consistent, intentional, and present. She strikes a
terrific balance of grace and truth that faithfully emulates our God.
And she has this one thing that she does that I think is absolutely
brilliant.
She occasionally offers our kids a "do-over."
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God has given Jenifer and me a strong conviction to speak to parents
about becoming more deliberate in helping their kids to navigate their sexuality. We put together a four-hour teaching plan a
few years ago and had the chance to teach it to several hundred parents
at Johnson Ferry. We recently streamlined it down to a little more than
an hour. You can listen to it here...
We are on the verge of launching what I feel is the most significant thing I have done in more than twenty-five years of pastoral ministry. The countdown starts now.
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I hate getting drive thru food with my entire family. Hate. It. With a newly married daughter and our other teenage kids going in different directions, it is truly a rare occurrence that there are six or seven of us in the drive thru at the same time. But it still happens on occasion, particularly on road trips. And there I find myself, talking to the guy on the other side of the speaker at Taco Bell or Sonic, trying to get everyone's order right. And it's always miserable.
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