So, I’ve been writing about this stuff for two weeks now and I think I’ve said most all of what I need to say. So in the end, I’m left with the questions, “So what? What do I do with all this information? What happens next?” In reality, you’re left with the same question by the way. If you’ve been reading all of this you have one of several responses.

  1. Disagree with what I’ve written and change nothing.
  2. Agree, but not really do anything about it… just lest that elephant in the room remain.
  3. Agree and actually do something about it.

So, I’ve written all of the posts these last two weeks because I needed to sort out my thoughts, gather more information and ultimately make some decisions. Right now in my family ministry, we’re making decisions about milestones we want to have in place for our families. One of these is a “commitment to purity” milestone. This would be a milestone where kids (likely teenagers) will make commitments to God and their parents to remain sexually pure (including saving themselves sexually until marriage). However, I think that we’re going to build a long ramp toward this milestone. Where in the past a church might do a “True Love Waits” campaign and dinner, we’re going to build towards the milestone, where a teenager makes this commitment. How long is this ramp? Ten years maybe? If the simplest forms of conversations about sex and purity begin when a child is 3-4, then in reality, the plan that leads to a “commitment to purity” begins with 3 and 4 year olds. We frame all that we’re doing in the context of a vision, that independent  teenagers make a conscious choice to be pure. Most parents want this for their kids. We just have to help parents see that this decision begins when their kids is 3-4.

So, I don’t really know what this looks like yet. It may be classes. It may be resources. It may be retreat. Possibly, its a combination of all of these things. Who knows. But, I’m committed to putting a plan in place so that parents can have a clear path to walk. It should be exciting.