Comments on: Growing up, Graduating & Chuck http://one-church.net/crosseyedlife/index.php/2009/07/03/growing-up-graduating-chuck/ An Infrequent Blog By Andy Addis On All Things Spiritual Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:07:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Twitted by ChuckStecker http://one-church.net/crosseyedlife/index.php/2009/07/03/growing-up-graduating-chuck/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Twitted by ChuckStecker Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:11:42 +0000 http://one-church.net/crosseyedlife/?p=541#comment-85 [...] This post was Twitted by ChuckStecker [...] [...] This post was Twitted by ChuckStecker [...]

]]> By: Richard Winger http://one-church.net/crosseyedlife/index.php/2009/07/03/growing-up-graduating-chuck/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Richard Winger Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:09:20 +0000 http://one-church.net/crosseyedlife/?p=541#comment-82 Andy The passage to adulthood is emportant but I feel we are making our kids grow up to fast. I remember being a kid and not having the pressures the kids go through today. I'm glad the boys had fun at camp and it sounds like they like having dad and mom around to watch. It sounds like you have as much fun as they do, I think it is okay to have an inner child inside us that we can show now and then. You show being a Christian can be fun also. Keep up the good work Andy The passage to adulthood is emportant but I feel we are making our kids grow up to fast. I remember being a kid and not having the pressures the kids go through today. I’m glad the boys had fun at camp and it sounds like they like having dad and mom around to watch. It sounds like you have as much fun as they do, I think it is okay to have an inner child inside us that we can show now and then. You show being a Christian can be fun also. Keep up the good work

]]> By: Christine Pechstein http://one-church.net/crosseyedlife/index.php/2009/07/03/growing-up-graduating-chuck/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Christine Pechstein Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:38:23 +0000 http://one-church.net/crosseyedlife/?p=541#comment-81 Excellent entry! Being that it's the Eve of Independence Day, I am reminded that even as adults we go through a Rites of Passage and earn spiritual maturity. Coming to Jesus on my own (and not of my parent's expectations) in my (near) forties (snicker, snicker!!), was the mark of my independence in separating myself from the world and the "normal" ways of life and wanting to seek more of my faith, and grow and mature in the spirit. Understanding the Rites of Passage has helped my family on several levels. After reading Dr. Stecker's book, which is an excellent read for any person who has contact with children at all, I have a deeper understanding of raising my children to become independent of me in their faith. It has been an AWESOME experience to not only watch my children/teens grow and mature, but myself right along with them. And it's kind of cool for them to see me growing with them and learning that it's not a destination, but a journey to mature. We're all at different phases and in various seasons, but we are growing together-yet independently. I honestly have to say we are experiencing the teenage years on a whole NUTHA level. It's awesome to ENJOY these years of adolescence watching my teens BLOOM, maximize the time I have to spend with them, and grow together with three generations of family-it's beyond words. I am so glad that I read, Men Of Honor, Women Of Virtue when I did. And I'm also glad that I get reminders that before I can run with my faith, I have to learn to crawl. Thanks, Dr. Stecker! Thanks, Pastor Andy! Excellent entry! Being that it’s the Eve of Independence Day, I am reminded that even as adults we go through a Rites of Passage and earn spiritual maturity. Coming to Jesus on my own (and not of my parent’s expectations) in my (near) forties (snicker, snicker!!), was the mark of my independence in separating myself from the world and the “normal” ways of life and wanting to seek more of my faith, and grow and mature in the spirit. Understanding the Rites of Passage has helped my family on several levels.

After reading Dr. Stecker’s book, which is an excellent read for any person who has contact with children at all, I have a deeper understanding of raising my children to become independent of me in their faith. It has been an AWESOME experience to not only watch my children/teens grow and mature, but myself right along with them. And it’s kind of cool for them to see me growing with them and learning that it’s not a destination, but a journey to mature. We’re all at different phases and in various seasons, but we are growing together-yet independently.

I honestly have to say we are experiencing the teenage years on a whole NUTHA level. It’s awesome to ENJOY these years of adolescence watching my teens BLOOM, maximize the time I have to spend with them, and grow together with three generations of family-it’s beyond words. I am so glad that I read, Men Of Honor, Women Of Virtue when I did. And I’m also glad that I get reminders that before I can run with my faith, I have to learn to crawl. Thanks, Dr. Stecker! Thanks, Pastor Andy!

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