Neonatal physician Erik Strandness asks some challenging questions in light of many young people’s desperate struggles and explores what hope there is 

Dear Religion,

Teen suicides are soaring. Meaninglessness and lack of purpose haunt our young people. Are you OK with that?

Christians, have you done a good enough job telling your children that they are precious image bearers? Do they look into the mirror and see a child of God or a cultural orphan? Do they see one with eternal potential or a mortal expiration date? Do you tell them they are heirs of a kingdom or squatters in the state? Have you dragged them down with guilt or allowed them to soar on eagle’s wings? Have you made them fear death or anticipate an empty tomb?… (Register to read the rest of the article)