The issues youth face today are so complex, so many issues that were not around 5 years ago, let alone 10 or 20 when we were teens. So how do we reach them with a message of hope? With a word of encouragement, a knowing that they are not alone in their journey. The way our family reaches out is to invite and include everyone to join us for days of tennis, or a BBQ in the backyard…what’s a bit of clean-up compared to seeing the joy on their faces after a day spent with new friends, their wide smiles are more than payment.
Probably there is no greater way for youth to feel they belong though, than by other young men and women getting around them..speaking into their lives and loving them through whatever they are facing.
I am proud to know a group of young men who are doing just that through music. Their songs reflect many of the problems they have faced, and that their fans are going through, and the lyrics bring encouragement, solidarity, release, even forgiveness into the picture.
If you have a teen who is struggling with issues that seem beyond them, or simply want to know more about Tribal, and the awesome young men who make up the band, then head over to their website….www.tribaltime.com.au and take a look around.
Their songs have placed consistently in the top 5 in the MusicOz awards here in Australia, and they have ministered to many thousands of answer-seeking youth locally, nationally and internationally.
I am an unashamed raving FAN of TRIBAL!
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June 16, 2009 at 5:04 am
ahh..what a proud mum you are! Xx