By Milton V. Uecker, EdD

Part 8 of 8 part series (2005)

Fortunately for the adolescent, this foolish means to fulfillment no longer is enough. “Every person has an active disposition to choose to be the kind of person who trusts in his own resources, rather than in Christ’s to make life work” (Huggins 1989, 119). However, Huggins views adolescence as “designed by God to literally stop kids in their tracks and make them wrestle with some serious questions before they proceed…

By Milton V. Uecker, EdD

Part 7 of 8 part series (2005)

Every school works to create a disciplined or moral environment through the establishment of behavioral standards or rules. Even though leading the way to kingdom living involves standards, it is not the standards (the law) that transform. In many cases standards that are poorly chosen and implemented will hinder transformation. Once established, if there are too many to enforce or if they are not owned by the faculty, the…

By Milton V. Uecker, EdD

Part 6 of 8 part series (2005)

To this day I remember the ways in which my students and I met God through their acts of obedience. One response in particular stands out in my mind. Scott had only just entered the kingdom through a lesson in which repentance was a called-upon response. Following a later lesson on faith, the children discussed something they might do to place their trust in God. Scott had heard the testimony of a missionary several weeks…

By Milton V. Uecker, EdD

Part 5 of 8 part series (2005)

According to Christian Smith (2005, 261), “the best social predictor, although not a guarantee, of what the religious and spiritual lives of youth will look like is what the religious lives of their parents do look like.” According to Smith, parents will “get what they are.” Barna (2003) lists parents as “tier one” influencers, along with contemporary music, movies, television programming, the Internet, publications, laws,…