Young Offenders Series Quotes

She was prepared for him to shut her down, when Behr shrugged a shoulder and said, “Yeah, sounds good. I think it’s a good idea for you to get out of the house. But,” he said, stepping back into the kitchen and leveling her with a hard look, “only if I tag along.” “What? Why?” Cheyenne questioned, not understanding the need for chaperones. “Because it’s safer that way,” he reasoned. “I have a couple things to take care of first, so it will probably be a day or two. I expect you to wait for me, though, Cheyenne,” he said, his brilliant blue eyes holding her in place. “It’s safer that way.” She was preparing to argue when she realized that she wasn’t altogether sure she wanted to venture out on her own yet anyway. It might be a shock to her system after locking herself away for so long. For laughs, she decided to give him a hard time anyway. “But…” she started. He cut her off with an upraised hand. “No buts,” he said sternly. “It’s not safe and you know it, and besides, that’s what you have two strapping young men like us for.” He clapped a grinning Dehstroy on the back. Cheyenne threw her head back and laughed. “You, young? Ha!” “What?” Behr said, acting offended. “I’m young.” “Prove it,” Cheyenne challenged. “Show me your birth certificate.” When he pursed his lips, she laughed some more. “What’s wrong? Didn’t they make birth certificates yet when you were born? No?” She looked between the men, taking in their sheepish expressions. “Well, then. I’ll leave you two to work on clearing that schedule.” Waving, Cheyenne left the kitchen and headed upstairs to her room to lie down.

This is what most people, even Jesus followers, believe about truth. The “no-judgment-allowed” mindset is growing in popularity among Christians. A study jointly conducted by Summit Ministries and the Barna Group found that self-identified Christian churchgoers under age forty-five were four times as likely as older generations to agree that “if your belief offends someone or hurts their feelings, it is wrong.”2 Just 6 percent of young adults agreed that “moral truth is absolute.

They were about to continue into the sitting room when an ululating Tarzan yell reached us from the rain tree outside. “What’s that?” said Maia, and looked at me as if I might be somehow responsible. “What it sounds likes,” I said, before I could stop myself. “The victory cry of the bull ape.” In the pause that followed, Pa pinched the bridge of his nose, Jason looked strangely offended on his cousin’s behalf, Tavi glared at me, and Mr. Caraindon gave me a look that definitely wasn’t lacking in humor. “My grandson Guy,” he said to Maia. “He is up in your tree-house.