She was athletic, musically talented, and pretty. Lara and Peter were stunned: Samantha was a popular, straight-A student. That very day, she and Peter had taken Sam to a counselor, who recommended that she be hospitalized for treatment of depression and low self-esteem. The satanic symbols that marked the walls served as a chilling portent of the home’s darker purpose: it served as a gateway to the streets of Los Angeles - and to prostitution.Īt the time, Lara had been frantic - and then grateful beyond words that her daughter had been found so quickly. A tip from one of Sam’s friends led Lara and her husband, Peter, to call the police, who found Samantha in a house where other young runaways were known to have stopped for shelter. Her mind flashed back to the first time Sam had run away, during the summer before her freshman year in high school. Her daughter Samantha was gone - and the nightmare was starting again. Lara’s world was spinning out of control. I’ll never forget opening an email from a woman named Lara, a lifelong churchgoer who loved God and believed His Word to be true, but who had never considered using the Bible to help shape her prayers… I wanted to know how other Christian parents were navigating the sometimes-tricky teen years and, even more than that, I wanted to know how they were praying. When I started doing the research for this book, I reached out to a network of friends - and friends of friends - to ask people if they’d be willing to share their stories. The most effective way to get your teens to make good choices isn’t to talk to them about God it’s to talk to God about them.“We all,” the Bible says, “have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way.” 1 For a parent, though, it can be painful - and scary - to watch a child make choices that run counter to God’s design, to the “rich and satisfying life” that Jesus says He wants us to enjoy. Teens are not alone, of course, in their willingness to wander - to want to figure things out on their own, even when doing so takes them down a dangerous or disobedient path. I forget where I first heard that line, but it’s one of my favorite pieces of parenting wisdom, particularly during those seasons when our kids don’t particularly want to hear us talk - about God, or about anything else. “Don’t talk to your kids about God as much as you talk to God about your kids.”
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