- July 9th, 2007, 1:21 pm
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Here a rather interesting story in USA Today:
Religious bonds divide some parents, kidsAnd here is a something of interest to us in addition to LU alum Jeremy Johnston quotes:
By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY
Pamela Moss worships every Sunday at Messiah Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., where they preach the Bible straight up, sing the old hymns "and then let me get on with my day."
But her son, George, 24, is a fervent Evangelical, witnessing to strangers and praying "in a church that looks like a gym. To me, he's just out the gate," his mystified mom says.
Brooke Havarty, 21, says her parents struggled when she transferred from Arizona State to Liberty University in Virginia, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell.Click Here for Full Story - Which is Actually Worth Linking, I Promise
"I had a great childhood in a great family," she says. "We went to church on Sundays, but it was just what you did. I was never shown the value of the Bible, the role God had in my life. I saw the consistency and joy in the lives of faithful Christians, and I wanted that in my life."