Tag: Teenager

I remember attending a Pentecostal youth conference as an impressionable teenager. A preacher spoke of the blind man in the Gospel of Mark who sat by the side of the road and, upon hearing that Jesus had just passed by, began to shout at the top of his lungs, “Jesus! Son of Davi...

I remember attending a Pentecostal youth conference as an impressionable teenager. A preacher spoke of the blind man in the Gospel of Mark who sat by the side of the road and, upon hearing that Jesus had just passed by, began to shout at the top of his lungs, “Jesus! Son of Davi...

The summer after 7th grade, we moved into a different school zone, near Haugan Elementary School and Jensen Park. I ran, every day, all the way back to my old school, Patrick Henry, for 8th grade and graduated there. So, I didn’t make any friends in the Haugan/Jensen area until the summer afte...

Introduction: In a recent tragic incident that shook the community, two 16-year-old boys, Chardid Hachi Farah and Diriye Abdi Muhumed, were shot on Halloween in Brooklyn Park. The devastating news has left families and friends in mourning and the entire community grappling with the harsh reali...