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Communion with the Body of Christ

JULIANNE ATKINSON |GUEST A popular teen came to me voicing her main concern about our upcoming road trip to camp in the Colorado Rockies. Though the 14-hour bus ride often brought excitement of its own– with broken AC in the Texas heat, getting stuck in a ditch on the mountainside, or the dead of night gas stop--her worries rang true to the most persistent issue students came to me with: “I don’t have a bus buddy,” she confessed. The kids planned ahead of time hoping they wouldn’t have to navigate the social awkwardness of spending the long trip with a stranger. One neglected thing about loneliness is that it infects everyone. From kids perceived as popular to classic nerds, students from every walk of life feel the same thing. As data now reveals regarding Gen-Z and their mental illness crisis resulting from a phone-based childhood, the outpouring of these comments has started to make more sense. Teens are less competent in real world relationships. They navigate their transition to adulthood and wrestle through becoming their own person. They push and pull, distance themselves from their families and find belonging in outside relationships. Historically these were real world peers. Now, teens find community online through YouTube, video games, and social media... 

Communion with the Body of Christ2026-07-25T19:20:22+00:00

The Gift of Intergenerational Relationships

BETHANY BELUE | CONTRIBUTOR Eight months after getting married, my husband and I packed up a U-Haul and moved to Atlanta. He was excited about the move, as it would mean following a call the Lord had given him. I was following in my body, but my heart was kicking and screaming. It was the beginning of a new and exciting season for my husband, but for me, it was the death of so much that was familiar to me: living close to family, a job that I loved, and the fulfillment of buying our first home.   After arriving at an apartment complex I had not seen before, walking through church doors where I knew no one, and learning a city that was completely new territory, I wondered what the Lord had in store for us in this new place.   There was little about our years in Atlanta that was easy. My husband worked a full-time ministry job while also enrolled in seminary full-time. We longed for a baby who was not yet a part of our story. Finances were tight, our apartment felt small, and traffic was stressful. Yet when my husband and I look back on that season of early marriage, we talk about it with fondness because of the people the Lord put into our lives...  

The Gift of Intergenerational Relationships2026-05-12T16:51:43+00:00
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