Picture this: A teen approaches you about something going on in their life that is so vast, so incomprehensible to digest, that you just go numb. You go into emotional cruise control, offering canned, clichéd responses to all you come across. For the past few years, my ministry took this form. As ministers we have the honor of celebrating sacred and joy-filled events in our teens lives: first dates, college acceptances, graduations, retreats, and birthdays. But with the honor come the duty to