Why Families Matter

The deep calling that I feel which is leading me closer and closer to family ministries is easily understood with this passage I came across:

In the 1950’s, kids lost their innocence. They were liberated from their parents by well-paying jobs,

cars and lyrics in music that gave rise to a new term – the generation gap.

In the 1960’s, kids lost their authority.  It was the decade of protest – church, state, and

parents were all called into question and found wanting.  Their authority was rejected,

yet nothing ever replaced it.

In the 1970’s, kids lost their love.  It was the decade of me-ism, dominated by hyphenated words

beginning with self: self-image, self-esteem, self assertion.  It made for a lonely world.

Kids learned everything there was to know about sex but forgot everything there was to know about love,

and no one had the nerve to tell them there was a difference.

In the 1980’s, kids lost their hope.  Stripped of innocence, authority, and love, and

plagued by the horror of a nuclear nightmare, large and growing numbers of this generation

stopped believing in the future.  {author unknown}

Families and communication within families is so very important.  Family does not have to be a nuclear family, it can be a mom, a dad, grandparents, adoptive parents, foster family and quite simply people who love and care.

The Chronicles continue…