Jareb Collins
I am a 29 year old freelance writer hailing from Elk Grove, CA. My interests are (of course) writing, spending time with my family and doing volunteer work with teenagers, to name a few.
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Cosumnes River College * Trinity College of the BibleMotto
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I'm Going to Be a Father!Finding out you're going to be a parent can be unnerving. But at 20 years old? It's like kids having kids...
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A Simple Tool to Restore Communication With Your Teenager, GuaranteedDepending on what stage they are in - from seeking your approval, finding their identity, and either receiving it or resigning themselves to not receiving it, the attitudes evidenced may be different. -
How to Find a Church That's Right for YouThis will be a place to receive spiritual encouragement, form new relationships, engage in varying forms of community service and - most importantly - a place for your family to grow. -
Parents, Look the Other Way!Who will be criticized and publicly humiliated for their lack of involvement in their teen's lives? The answer is simple, and yet perplexing at the same time: Parents. And yet, they will be taken out of the most important operation of their young daughter's life. -
Creative Twists on Traditional Christmas ActivitiesFamily traditions are an important part of the holiday season. However, finding creative ways to spice things up can make these traditions continue for many years to come. -
Parents, You're Doing a Great Job. For the next 18 years, fiscal responsibility is in your hands. For the rest of your life, you will stress, worry, love, care, cry and being connected at the
Soul - and you'll love every moment of it.
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The Sacramento Bee - September 11th: A Tragedy, Tragically CoveredOn September 11, 2001, the United States experienced one of the greatest tragedies it has ever known. ...poses the same root question that Americans from coast to coast are anxiously awaiting the answer to: Who was responsible for these attacks? -
Church: The American Family Seeks What's Missing...there remains one crucial dynamic that is often overlooked or ignored: The American family is missing Church. A family that is not attending church lacks the strong moral fiber needed to hold itself together through times of challenge and adversity. -
The Compass, or the Needle?So often, we as Christians are quick to tell everyone around us what is wrong - but we never look to our own lives. We are trying to point others in the direction God wants them to go, yet we have no idea where God wants us.
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Latchkey Kids: An American EpidemicDue to several factors, the number of latchkey kids is substantial, and rising. Though teenagers are often deemed as unimportant or disinterested, one thing can be agreed on: tomorrow afternoon, ten million of them will go home after school - alone.
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An Introspective Look at Corruption from HamletHe states, quite flatly, that he can no more admit his guilt than he can surrender his crown or his queen - the very things he would slay for in the first place. This represents a chain of corruption visible in his very character.
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The Worst Kind of PovertyWhat exactly made me so lucky, that I would dwell in a country whose homeless live better than the working poor in this nation? I had always considered myself a reasonably intelligent individual, yet here I was, saturated in guilt at my own egocentricity.