Jeff’s Ask The Director posts
What is the most important thing you look for when hiring staff? Currently, we have 29 full-time staff serving 97 students. While I appreciate creative, enthusiastic, hard-working, fun-loving, reliable, wise, caring team-mates, the most important quality for being a good staff member is personal holiness—men and women … Continue reading
What general advice do you have for the parents of a son or daughter who is using? Don’t sacrifice your marriage for the sake of a wayward child. The most important relationship you have—next to God—is with your spouse. Protect that bond. Nourish it. Don’t let anything … Continue reading
How important is self-esteem to recovery? Our essential problem is not how we value ourselves but how we value God. Solomon did not say that the beginning of wisdom was a high opinion of self; rather, a high and holy view of God (see Prov. 1:7). The … Continue reading
Sexual bondage and drug/alcohol addiction often go hand-in-hand, and the former is often more difficult to break than the later. Any suggestions on how to win the war against sexual impurity? You must fight fire with fire. Fire fighters will often set controlled fires against an oncoming forest … Continue reading
What can you tell us about the history, ministry and organization of Life Challenge of Southeastern Michigan? Life Challenge is a part of Teen Challenge, International, the oldest, most successful faith-based recovery program in the world. It began in 1958 in New York City. There are now … Continue reading
I understand that you do not permit your residents (i.e., students) to address staff or volunteers by their first name. Why? Lack of respect for authority is prevalent in our culture and especially among our clientele. Our men and women must learn to differentiate between their peers … Continue reading
You have said that it is not enough to “try” to be holy but that you must “train” to be holy. What do you mean? Whether it is running a marathon, playing a concerto on the piano, or writing a technical computer program, any significant challenge requires … Continue reading
