Teen Conversations

Sorry I'm so sporadic with my posting. Everyday I resolve to do better.

I had my best class with the teens tonight that I've had in a long time. I heard a guy say recently that we need to help teens be better conversationalists with people who really disagree with them. He encouraged the audience to help teens become better listeners. I've been mulling that over. How could I do that?

Well, tonight I had class prepared but I decided to experiment. Boy, did it go good! I actually engaged them. I told them we'd talk about anything they wanted as long as they liminted it to "religious" topics. They began to talk about conversations they'd had with friends recently about worship, conversion, etc. I was impressed at the complexity of some of the arguments they were giving. Teens always surprise me that way. You don't think they're getting a thing and BAM! they've been listening all along.

Anyway, I hope to engage them further. I think they're giving all the pat answers to their friends, but I think its only what they've heard. I want to explore further with them.