About four years ago, God called me off the bench and reminded me that He did not save my wretched life so I could live in a safe Christian bubble, but rather to help Him reach the lost and hurting youth and families of our nation. He reminded me through the eyes of lost and hurting children what it felt like to be abused, abandoned, and alone in my own teen years.

I have obeyed His call by speaking at mother/daughter, parent, and youth conferences and developing a program called rekenekt to reach out to hurting teens
and their parents. I uphold the vision that if parents will reclaim their God-given roles as protectors, providers, and mentors for their children, fewer teens will find themselves in crisis. If we are proactive rather than reactive as parents during this difficult age, we will be able to walk alongside our lost and hurting teens and help guide them through their most challenging years. We can help them survive adolescence and emerge victoriously as productive, positive, Christ-following young adults.

The one thing I consistently hear from hurting teens is that they don’t have anyone
in their lives who care. Most of them are wrong. They do have parents who love them but the messages they hear are getting distorted and disconnected by the confusing issues they experience everyday. They feel lost, alone and hopeless. They desperately want to connect with someone who can help them find their way.

Reconnecting parents and teens is difficult in this fast paced culture where texting
and tweeting has replaced honest communication. An old tin can phone shares the idea that getting a good old fashioned conversation started can go a long way to repairing damaged relationships and reconnecting parents and their teens.

Tricia owns Cornerstone Communications and works as an author and speaker to equip students and parents. Growing up in a volatile world of anger, abuse, and atheism herself, she understands the painful reality of the issues teens face and seeks to reconnect them with their family.

If you are interested in more information about rekenekt please contact Tricia at: trish@cornerstonecomm.org