One of the best videos yet

If you were at church this past weekend you saw what I thought was one of the best (I’d say top 3) videos we’ve ever done.  It was a conversation between a father and son and the dad was asking all kinds of questions and the son was providing nothing but short brief answers like…”sorta, don’t know, nothin’,” all set to a catchy little tune.  I think the biggest laugh was in the middle of the video when the son held up his phone to do a little texting.  A little too close to home.  Jason Strand was right when he said, “It’s funny because it’s true.”  If you weren’t at church this weekend you may not get a chance to see it because there are copyright issues with the song, so we may not be able to put it with the message online. Not sure yet but check back and I’ll try to remember to keep you updated.  Just another reason to come to church each weekend. 

The message on teens was rock solid.  As a parent of a 15 year old I could relate with everything he was saying.  And because he just turned 15 that means he will soon have his driving permit.  That also means if you see a boy who looks a little like “Cousin It” from the Adams Family because his hair is covering his eyes, and he’s driving a maroon 4 door sedan, in the words of Elmer Fudd, “be vewy vewy careful.” 

If I’m being honest, for me the hardest part of parenting has been letting go.  My kids are sick of hearing me say, “God has given me the responsibility to raise healthy, responsible adults,”  but as they get closer to adulthood I need to give them more freedom (based on their level of responsibility).  They need to fail to learn from their mistakes and that’s hard to let them do.  When they prove their trustworthy I need to give them some more slack to do more stuff.  Maybe I just don’t want my kids to grow up, or maybe I’m turning into an old fart, but either way giving up control and letting go hasn’t been that easy for me.  Am I alone in this? 

 

~ by ebcpastorjason on April 14, 2008.