The darker side of Peter Pan, money and marriage, pocket notebooks, what the next generation considers normal, youth in church and more in today's links.
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J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan, had a sad life.
Neatorama has the complete story. Although Barrie faced a lot of tragedy, his story of the boy who never grew up has brought joy to countless children over the years.
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This seems a little obvious:
pooling your money leads to a happier marriage.
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This is a fascinating article:
the six hours aboard Air Force One following the assassination of President John Kennedy. (Hat tip:
Stephen Mansfield)
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This is cool: the
pocket notebooks of 20 famous men.
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We're doing youth a disservice by segregating them from the rest of the congregation:
Simply put, we do teens a disservice when we segregate them from the life of the church. When we build youth ministries that don't fold students into the life of the congregation, the unintended consequence is a future of empty pews. Pew Research reports that 20- to 30-year-olds attend church at half the rate of their parents and one-fourth the rate of their grandparents. These young adults were teens a decade or two ago, and many of them were active in youth ministries. As result, many today ask what we can do to reverse this
regrettable trend, wondering how to get formerly churchgoing youth "back" into church. In my view, we must engage students in the life of entire congregations. Then and only then can we model and shape a biblical view of the church as we entrust the faith from one generation to the next.
We've always made it a point to try to worship together in a family. I can remember once visiting in a church and almost getting into a heated argument because we wanted our children with us rather than the rest of the youth. This article makes an excellent point and is well worth reading.
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The
Mindset List helps understand what the current generation defines as "normal". It's a surprising list.
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How one pilot's sweet tooth
helped to defeat communism.
