rebelling against low expectations
Media brings the world to our fingertips, which has the potential to greatly affect our lives for good or for bad. While Christians can use media to glorify God, here are 5 questions to ask before you consume media. 1. How is this influencing my behavior and attitude? If your favorite sports team loses, what happens to your attitude? What if for the hundredth time you just can’t get past a...
As teens, we go through many emotional journeys. Heartbreak, stress from school, and just being a teenager. However, the older I get, the more I realize that we often forget to keep in touch with our parents. I am sure many of us have been told more than once to get off our devices and be more social. Lots of teens probably feel more comfortable with talking through their devices rather than...
Editor’s Note: This article is longer than most that we usually publish on TheRebelution. Yet Kristin’s piece is unusual – she tells her deeply personal and difficult story of physical suffering and requested we publish it as one post. I encourage you to spend the extra time to read this incredible testimony. — Jaquelle (Editor-in-Chief) Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion...
Do you ever get bored with your Christian life? Do you ever feel like something is missing? Surely there is more to following Christ than merely avoiding bad movies on Friday and showing up at church on Sunday. And is wearing cross-laden t-shirts and carrying your Bible to school in front of your peers the sum of being the “Light of the World”? Does it ever feel like God sucks all of the...
“Technology is so immersive, it’s like oxygen.” So says Tony Reinke, a senior staff writer and researcher for desiringGod, who has studied culture and technology for years. “It’s so around us that we don’t even recognize technology as what it is. We’re sort of bathed in technology, if you will.” He’s right. In our day and age, technology is pervasive, and, in our culture...
I hate cliques. I hate them so much. I hate them even more because I’ve been a part of them. It’s galling to realize you’re in one of the groups you’ve always secretly condemned – the group that stands off by itself, silently discouraging all contact. It’s not like you have to be best friends with everybody, but it’s just so incredibly easy to gravitate to the people you know, with whom you’re...
Yes, this is a rant post. Although it’s not your usual rant. It’s a rant about me, to me. The other day my best friend asked me that wonderful question: “If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?” But of course, rather than just making myself feel a small portion of self-loathing, I used up all the fingers I have to list a whopping ten. Unfortunately...
This is the introduction to a series of articles asking and processing through hard questions. I would love for you to join me as I process and discuss questions I have wrestled with. Please feel free to ask any questions of your own either in the comments below or on the Discussion side of the website. The Rebelution is where teenagers rebel against low expectations, dreaming and pursing the...
Kelvin Doe (aka, DJ Focus) is a 15-year-old engineer from Sierra Leone — and only the latest motivated and competent teenager to be labeled a prodigy, just because he’s doing something with his life. That’s too bad, for Kelvin and for us. The bad thing about the term “prodigy” is that it immediately places Kelvin in a category by himself — a category all of us...
Check out this incredible story about 15-year-old Jack Andraka—a passionate teen who has single-handedly revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of one of the most deadly forms of cancer after it claimed the life of his uncle. Wait, Did This 15-Year-Old From Maryland Just Change Cancer Treatment? By Bruce Upbin, Forbes.com If you’re feeling anxious about how U.S. kids lag the world in science...
rebelling against low expectations
