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I don’t want - and I don’t think our kids want - a generically “nice” faith with a side of church thrown in. So let’s offer them something different: an adventurous faith, full of meaningful action and purposeful moments, risk and sacrifice, and delight.
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Urbandale, IA 50322
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Becka Asper is an author, speaker and blogger whose confidence, authenticity and real-lilfe stories challenge women to live by Kingdom values so they can experience the freedom Jesus offers from a typically frenzied, anxious life.
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Becka Asper, M.S.Ed, lives in Iowa with her husband and five kids, ranging from 1 to 14 years old. They love exploring National Parks, and recently checked off the 30th park on their list. Over the past 15 years, Becka has served as a mentor, staff, and resource developer for an international ministry to teenage moms called YoungLives, fostered over 10 children, honed dramatic speaking skills as one of the leaders for an outreach to middle schoolers, and developed a taste for Eastern African food through her work as youth leader of a group of Congolese refugee teens. In all of these roles, Becka has been fascinated by the process – and sometimes crash-and-burn nature – of faith formation in young people. In Young Life, she learned: "It's a sin to bore a kid with the Gospel." As an educator, she learned that the best way to learn something is by doing it. As a foster parent, she learned how much she needs Jesus. As a frequent camper and explorer, she has learned that adventure is (almost) always worth the effort it takes – and that sometimes stories of epic failures make the best memories. And as a parent, she is learning that kids find out what you really think not by what you say, but by how you act. Her workshops and speaking engagements combine all of these streams of thought to present one central idea: our faith is only boring for our kids (and for us) when we neglect to act on it. But when we take the risk of jumping all in, our faith can become a thrilling adventure that not only takes us on a wild ride way beyond what our culture offers – but that also leaves a lasting imprint on us, our children, and anyone who happens to be watching.
