Sunday, April 09, 2006

Is this news good or bad?

Our youth leadership team recently attended a regional youth retreat. On the long drive home we had a long conversation about the deficit thinking in everything that was said from the stage. We decided to call the technique "Presenting the Good News in the Worst Possible Way."

I used to run a school-age child care program. One of the first things I taught new staff members was to redirect a student by telling them what to do, not what not to do. (In other words, say "walk" to a student running down the hall instead of "don't run!")

We all need to be warned about the consequences of sin, but isn't it at least as equally important to be taught essentials for Christian growth?

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