How to Keep Your Faith After High School with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, Gretchen Ronnevik, and Kendra Dahl

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How to Keep Your Faith After High School with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, Gretchen Ronnevik, and Kendra Dahl

1 hr 11 min

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How to Keep Your Faith After High School with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, Gretchen Ronnevik, and Kendra Dahl

1 hr 11 min

“It’s so easy when we’re afraid and we want to instill ideas or principles in our children and say, ‘Ok, we don’t want you to go in that direction,’ but we have to be careful to not treat things like the boogie man—these false gospels that are out there. We need to be able to differentiate and say ‘Here’s that thread of truth and they’re longing for something good, but here’s where it goes wrong.’ And we need to try to train our kids to show compassion and to be able to make those discerning calls.”

—Adriel Sanchez

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Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

Kendra Dahl is the Director of Content for Core Christianity and White Horse Inn, a writer, wife, and mom of three. Originally from Fargo, North Dakota, she currently lives in the San Diego area, where she loves life among the beach and mountains and doesn't miss the snow even a little bit. She has an M.A. in Biblical Studies from Westminster Seminary California and writes to invite people into the healing and freedom found in knowing Christ. You can find her on Instagram.

Gretchen Ronnevik loves rich theology rooted in real life. She is the author of Ragged: Spiritual Disciplines for the Spiritually Exhausted. She also created "Gospel Mentoring," a training program for intergenerational discipleship, and is the co-host of "Freely Given" a podcast on living free in Christ. She lives on the family farm in Minnesota with her husband and six children. You can find her on twitter @garonnevik.

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