🇨🇦❤️🇨🇺Mel Cruikshank

Marybelle's husband- Father of three- Papa of 6 . Called by God to impact university campuses in Canada & to support Christian churches in Cuba

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For the present. For the future. 🇨🇦

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HISTORY CONTINUES 🍁

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A BRILLIANTLY HISTORIC OUTING FROM JONATHAN DAVID! 🤯🇨🇦

David's three-goal outing vs. Qatar marks the first and only hat-trick in #CANMNT HISTORY at the #FIFAWorldCup!

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Canada secure their first-ever #FIFAWorldCup victory! 🇨🇦

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JONATHAN DAVID HAS ANOTHER!

Canada now leads 3-0 after David gets another!

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THE MONTREAL CANADIENS WIN GAME 7!!! 💥

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"If I told you there was one free thing you could do every Sunday that would make your kids happier, healthier, smarter, and closer to you, you'd think I was selling something."

Take your kids to church regularly. I don't care if you believe. The data is so lopsided that skipping it is the parenting equivalent of refusing vegetables because you don't like the taste.

Grades. Religious teens get As at almost twice the rate of nonreligious teens. In a class of 100, that's 24 A-students instead of 14. Church gives a kid the same academic boost as being born rich instead of poor.

College. Working-class religious kids earn bachelor's degrees at double the rate of their nonreligious peers. Middle-class kids do it at 1.5x the rate. For families without a trust fund, this is one of the most powerful forms of upward mobility social scientists have measured.

Character. Religious teens are far less likely to lie, cheat, or do things they hope their parents never find out about. They're more likely to care about racial equality, the elderly, and the poor. They reject the idea that morality is whatever works for you in the moment. That kind of kid doesn't happen by accident. It's built.

Closeness. 60% of parents of religious teens say they feel "extremely close" to their kid, compared to 50% of nonreligious parents. The kids report the same thing back. They get along better with their parents, talk about hard stuff, and actually want to spend time with their family.

Despair. Religious teens are dramatically less likely to be depressed, anxious, lonely, or feel that life is meaningless. 90% of devoted religious teens never binge drink, compared to 41% of the disengaged. Economists named the modern epidemic "deaths of despair." Regular church attendance is one of the strongest known buffers against it. Parents are spending fortunes trying to solve teen mental health. The most evidence-backed intervention is free.

Purpose. Religious young adults report higher purpose, gratitude, life satisfaction, and resilience. These are the exact traits every parent says they want their kid to have.

Here's why it works. Affluent families already surround their kids with networks of stable, accomplished adults through neighborhoods, schools, and parents' colleagues. Working and middle-class families usually don't. A congregation is often the last institution in American life that puts your kid in weekly contact with dozens of stable, employed, sober adults who know their name. It used to be called "a village." Now it barely exists outside of churches.

"But I don't believe." Your kid doesn't need your theology. They need you to show up.

"But church is boring." So is sitting through a kindergarten music recital. Parenting is the deliberate choice to be bored on purpose for someone you love.

There's a church within 15 minutes of nearly every American home. You don't need money, connections, or credentials to walk in. Nothing else in this country will surround your kid with engaged adults, teach them moral seriousness, and give them a stable weekly rhythm at zero cost.

You already drive them to practices that produce far less. The free thing on Sunday produces more, on more dimensions, than almost anything else you do as a parent.

You don't have to believe anything. You just have to take them.

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Oilers stay alive, force Game 6 with 4-1 victory. https://t.co/Zx0EAkdMXY

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Why did my letter from Edmonton to New Westminster go to California?
Trackin
Apr. 27.
Item released by Customs USA
Apr. 22.
delivery date updated
Apr. 21
Item processed Bell Gardens,USA
Apr. 17
Item processed Richmond,BC
Apr. 16.
Item processed Edmonton,AB

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@stats_feed Resurrection of Jesus.

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The vibes are high after one 📈

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DICKY GETS THE PARTY STARTED 🥳 #LetsGoOilers