Bodwin

On August 14th, I was privileged to attend "Youth Leaders Cafe" sponsored and hosted by Positive Action for Christ. (www.pafc.org) If you are unfamiliar with Positive Action for Christ (PAFC, henceforth), I would encourage you to check out their website. The topic covered at this edition of the YLC was "Training God-Focused Parents" referring to the parents of the teens in a given youth ministry. Frank Hamrick, the founder, president, primary writer, and visionary of PAFC was the speaker. His philosophy of youth ministry at it's core is, "Growing kids to, above all else, know God." It seems in some ways on the surface to be overly simplistic. Alot of times, people ask me, "But what about music and dress (et al)?" It's interesting to me that we have attempted to quantify christianity and being 'godly' to a look or some established external guidelines. I went to a Christian high school. At almost every Christian school, there are k