A former Orange County youth pastor who worked at a popular megachurch was charged with allegedly molesting four teenage boys. Ruven Meulenberg, 39, mentored junior-high-aged children at Saddleback Church, a popular evangelical Christian megachurch in Lake Forest. Meulenberg and his twin brother were also featured on a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and music production. […]
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By Meg Bucher
“Love must be sincere. Hate was is evil; cling to what is good.” - Romans 12:9 NIV
The magic of a child’s imagination is breathtaking, beautiful, and sincere. Currently, my youngest daughter has been skipping happily throughout the house, singing one of the songs from Disney’s Moana:
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I have crossed the horizon to find you… I know your name… They have stolen the heart from inside you… But this does not define you… This is not who you are… You know who you are…”
As a budding tween, my daughter is experiencing the push and prod of trying to figure out “who she is.” When I pray over her each night, I often ask her… “Do you know who you are?” Then, I assure her of who and Whose she is. I remind her she has a purpose. But still, nothing takes the sting out of growing up.