Rites of Passage

We don't have many healthy rites of passage in our culture.

Luke enters high school next week . . . a big deal.

These guys who are my friends, and Luke's friends, helped me last night as we had a ceremony of sorts on the beach.

Each of them has had significant spiritual influence on Luke and they individually walked Luke down the beach about half a mile (and he didn't know about this prior to me dropping him off) and talked too him about a godly value/attribute and how they were expecting God to do great things in his life.

Then they handed him off to the next guy.

I was last and we talked about his unlimited future for the Kingdom and fulfilling the meaning of his name ('Bringer of Light').

Afterwards we all had some 'man food' at Rudy's . . . and talked about how we are all there for him.

My hope is that my son not only hears the wise counsel of his mentors, but also the affirmation of him as a man of God. We all need that blessing to move confidently into God's future.


"You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others." (2 Timothy 2:1-2)