Passage
Subtitle: blessing our youth into godly adulthood
By: Chuck Stecker.
Publisher: NavPress
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Colorado Springs, CO
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781600064586
Subjects: Initiation rites -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Christian youth -- Religious life.
Work titles: Men of honor, women of virtue
Notes: Originally published: Men of honor, women of virtue. Colorado Springs, Colo. : Life Journey,  c2006.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Where are we and how did we get here?; value: You can't give what you don't have; value: Many parents feel spiritually trapped because they want to bless their children but have never known a father's blessing; value: Houston, we have a problem?; value: Parents are finding it more and more difficult to pass on their faith and values to their children; value: Two down and one to go!; value: We have lost two generations from the church and statistics indicate we are losing a third; value: If you think you're confused; value: Since we aren't sure how to define godly adulthood ourselves, we wander aimlessly; value: When it comes to bringing our children into adulthood; value: The (much) long(er) road to adulthood; value: We have been deceived by the term adolescence : a concept created by psychologists and sociologists that contradicts and inhibits God's plan for bringing youth into adulthood; value: We will just have to do it for ourselves; value: Numerous kinds of rites of passage are taking place in our country as young men and women have a great need to be accepted as adults; value: A great place to raise kids, but a terrible place to raise adults?; value: When our children reach their young adult years, they no longer find the church relevant because it still treats them like kids; value: Don't we need to know where we're going and how would you describe it?; value: Allowing God to define adulthood is tough but necessary; value: You have got to be kidding me!; value: If we are to understand adulthood, we must separate it from maturity; value: You call this a family?; value: We must return to a church where all generations have clear pathways to acceptance, participation, ministry, and leadership; value: You cannot finish what you do not start; value: Before we can focus on getting our young people to the finish line, we have to get them to the starting line : an intentional rite of passage is that starting line; value: Can anyone tell me how to get there?; value: Raising men of honor and women of virtue; value: It is important to understand the principles of launching our children into godly adulthood; value: Are you ready?; value: Are you ready to hear God's heart for adulthood and how it conflicts with the world's view?; value: Are you able?; value: Are you willing to challenge traditional thinking that young teens cannot be considered men and women?; value: Are you prepared?; value: Young men and women are presented with hard-hitting spiritual and moral challenges; value: Are you willing?; value: Mile markers help us evaluate if we are traveling in the right direction to become more spiritually mature; value: A future and a destiny; value: There is incredible power in a Father's blessing; value: Even generations to be born . . .?; value: Legacy or just another legend?; value: God's heart for us is to pass on the faith not only to the next generation but even to generations yet to be born; value: Bring your runners to the starting line; value: Raising men of honor and women of virtue requires more than a ceremony; value: Developing the community of coaches and encouragers; value: To successfully raise kids who keep the faith, you need a network of net workers in addition to parents; value: Run the race to the finish line; value: Winning is not finishing first, it is completing the race; value: Expect the best; value: Perhaps the greatest thing we can do for our children is expect them to be the very best.