12 Taskers
Here you can find some testimonials and ideas from others who have done or are doing the 12 Tasks.
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Twelve Taskers in Texas!?
It’s good to see 12 Tasks spreading! We told a friend in Texas how we had done 12 Tasks with our kids. He then read the book Jack Taylor and I wrote – 12 Tasks, Creating a Rite of Passage – and passed on the concept to his son, an Air Force officer. Our...
Understanding Emotions
How would you like the chance to go back and feel again what you experienced in your 10-15 year old self? Can you even imagine accurately what it was like? Issues with your teeth, your skin, your diet, your friends, your identity. What hope did you have to understand...
Fake News and Fourteen Year Olds
While my own daughter has been hyper-vigilant in controlling the amount of screen exposure time with her four children, I realize that more and more of the youth in our faith community are spouting off conspiracy theories I’m sure they didn’t pick up at school. Fake...
Romantic Competence for All of Us
It’s almost frightening for some parents to look at their emerging adolescent and to think that romance could be right around the corner for them. We look at our own series of relationships and wonder how to prepare and protect our little ones from a lifetime of...
Rebuilding Trust in the Next Generations
Tim Elmore notes that our upcoming generations are being impacted by social media in three key ways. They don’t trust leaders, they see life as unfair, and they feel out of control. One of the benefits of 12 Tasks is that your parental investment and involvement can...
The power of your tongue
Sometimes parents don’t realize the power of their tongue for life in their children. Proverbs 18:21 (NIV) says that the tongue has the power of life or death and this is especially true when it comes to a child. You’ve probably witnessed a child cringing and...
The Hard work of Parenting
From the first moment you bring your newborn home you realize things will never be the same again. Sacrificial hard work is here as is unlimited love. Each stage of parenting is filled with its own navigational hazards and that is no less true at the onset of the teen...
Spiritual Formation of Children and Parental Roles
Back in 2019, seventeen organizations in Canada joined forces to answer the question, “How can evangelical parents be better supported as they form the faith of their children in the home?” Families with children 18 or under were invited to contribute information on...
How do we Impact The Next Generations?
With the onslaught of social media, television and our education system, it seems like an overwhelming task for parents to have any influence on the upcoming generations. It seems that this is not a new phenomenon. In Psalm 78 Asaph says “I will utter hidden things,...
Rwanda’s Urgency for The Young
I traveled to Rwanda in February-March 2023 with my son, Richard to do some leadership training. I was surprised by something I didn’t expect. The day after our arrival, in a church, a man stepped out and grabbed my shoulders. “I’ve been waiting to meet you,” he said...