Heather Melcher

All teens struggle with feeling hurt or sad at times, but some teens go through especially traumatic situations such as their parents divorcing, a death in the family, physical abuse, substance abuse, serious illnesses, or a variety of other difficult circumstances. You will be able to help the hurting teen best if you are also helping his or her family.

If God is calling your child to a professional church work career, The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod has a variety of options for both men and women.

Even though our children are still figuring out what kind of career they will have as adults, God has vocations for them now in other areas of their lives.

Resources to help parents answer the tough questions teens have.

This Parenting Point encourages parents to continue to explain the importance of faith and not see confirmation as the culmination.

Use this as a youth or family event.

A Bible study on the sanctity of life.

Misconceptions about both the classes before the rite of confirmation and the rite itself abound. This article seeks to correct a few of those misconceptions.