The above photo was taken at our church last Saturday when 3200 parents and young adults, sorry I loathe the term t-ager, see I can't even type it without shivers going up my back, attended the "Do Hard Things" conference.  The young men who started this ReBELution are Brett and Alex Harris, the younger twin brothers of my pastor.  Here they are:

All they did was begin writing a blog and thinking about what it means to REBEL against low expectations of young adults.  This led to the conference we attended with our daugther.  What an exciting place to be worshipping with all those folks who are jazzed about hearing the gospel in light of this man-made season of a young adults life.  Did you know that the term "teenager" (there I said it) was first mentioned in 1941 in Reader's Digest Magazine?  I was very interested in hearing about how before that time there were only two categories of ages/stages and that was CHILDREN and ADULTS.  And by the time the children were 13 they were doing adult things in their lives and in the world, so therefore became adults. 

Ha!  That's how it work!  When kids begin doing adult like tasks and thinking they BECOME adults.  Now, I'm not advocating 13 year olds be given rights of adults in this modern age.  But think about it,  even Christians have bought into the worldy thinking of this "wanderlust" age of pre-adult playtime.  That's what it is when young adults find themselves, or um, I think they're still looking for themselves, when they "play" around with taking classes, working part-time, graduating with no plans of employment, and sometimes find themselves back at mom and dads because they just aren't ready to face what it really means to be an adult. 

We're so blessed to have young adults like Alex and Brett who are thinking about HARD things and are brave enough to not only talk about them on a blog but get out on the road and encourage others to DO HARD THINGS, and begin rebeling against low expectations.  I wish I'd heard this message as a young adult, before wasting my wanderlust years, but I can be encouraged even now as a 49 year old. 

I recommend their book, Do Hard Things which is available on Amazon, or their blog. 

Their parents Gregg and Sono Harris whom I've heard speak many times, should also be commended for doing hard things in raising their family to impact the kingdom of God.  Thanks!

BTW, Gregg Harris preached at our church Sunday on "Don't Waste Your Kids" You can listen online here:

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