Life Is Sacred
Every human life bears the image of God. Human dignity does not depend on age, ability, usefulness, status or approval.
For families trying to find a better way
You want your children to grow up safe, loved and grounded in faith.
You see the hours slipping into screens. You wonder what your children are watching, who they are listening to and how to talk about it without another argument. Sacred Stewardship helps families bring God, honest conversation and time together back into everyday life.
ChildrenTweensTeensYoung AdultsSinglesEngagedMarriedParentsEmpty Nesters & Grandparents
You don’t have to have every answer to begin. Start with prayer and one honest conversation. We’re here to help families and churches take that next step together.
A concern shared by many families
You’re not the only parent who is concerned.
Over the past six years, I have met bereaved parents who found their children dead in their bedrooms. I have met families watching children they love slip away into anxiety, depression, isolation, school refusal, self-harm and despair.
I cannot unknow what I know. And I cannot remain silent.
Veronica Sommer · Founder
222%
Increase in the U.S. suicide rate among children ages 10–14 between 2007 and 2018.
CDC
40%
Of U.S. high school students reported persistent sadness or hopelessness in 2023.
CDC YRBS
1 in 5
High school students seriously considered attempting suicide in 2023. Nearly 1 in 10 reported an attempt.
CDC YRBS
1 billion
Young people exposed to pornography globally.
Culture Reframed estimate
1 in 3
Children report seeing hardcore pornography by age 12.
Culture Reframed
88%
Of pornography scenes analyzed contained physical aggression, in a 2010 study of 304 scenes.
Cited by Culture Reframed
~100
Reports of financial sextortion every day in 2024, as offenders coerce children with sexual images and demand money.
NCMEC, 2024
$173B
In annual illegal profits from forced commercial sexual exploitation, an industry that includes the trafficking and sexual exploitation of children.
International Labour Organization, 2024
Children are encountering explicit sexual content while their understanding of love, bodies, boundaries and relationships is still being formed. These numbers describe a crisis with multiple causes, and they make clear that we cannot dismiss the risks in our children’s digital lives.
Behind every number is a child who needs to know: You matter. You are loved. You belong. You can come to us.
Sources: CDC NCHS Data Brief 471 · CDC 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey · U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health · Culture Reframed · NCMEC 2024 in Numbers · ILO, Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labour (2024) · Aggression and Sexual Behavior in Best-Selling Pornography Videos (2010)
Our mission
Understand what we are fighting, and how to stand.
Sacred Stewardship equips every person to understand what they are fighting and how to stand: to SEE the lies, ROOT themselves in Christ, STAND in the authority of Christ, and LIVE in freedom by the Spirit, In Real Life.
We are raising a generation so deeply rooted in truth that they can recognize what is counterfeit, resist what seeks to shape them, know who they are and Whose they are, and stand firm in Christ.
“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.” Ephesians 6:10
Technology will continue to change. The battle for the human heart will not.
We have surrendered enough ground. It is time to understand what we are fighting, stand in the authority of Christ, and equip ourselves and our children to fight back with Truth. Their lives depend on it.
The spiritual warfare foundation
We cannot fight a spiritual battle with human strength alone.
What are we fighting?
Not people. “We do not wrestle against flesh and blood…”Ephesians 6:12
How does the enemy fight?
Through lies, deception and temptation. Jesus calls Satan “the father of lies.”John 8:44
How do we fight?
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”James 4:7
What do we fight with?
The full armor of God: the belt of truth • the breastplate of righteousness • feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace • the shield of faith • the helmet of salvation • the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God • and prayer in the Spirit on all occasionsEphesians 6:10–18
People are not the enemy. We fight lies with Truth. We fight darkness with Light. We fight temptation by submitting to God. We fight bondage by walking in freedom.
The eight pillars · What we believe is sacred
Some things were never meant to be bought, sold or redefined by the market.
Childhood Is Sacred
A child is not a user, a commodity, a metric or a data set. A child is made in the image of God, worthy of innocence, dignity, privacy, protection and adults willing to lead.
Marriage Is Sacred
Marriage is not a cage built around love. It is a covenant that gives love a home, a place to be fully known, faithfully chosen and formed through sacrifice, forgiveness and grace.
Family Is Sacred
The family is a child’s first place of formation. Families do not need to be perfect. They need truth, presence, prayer, support and the courage to begin again.
Sex Is Sacred
Sex is powerful, unitive and life-giving, created by God for covenant. We teach sexual integrity without shame and freedom without deception.
Health Is Sacred
Body, mind and spirit are entrusted to us by God. Sleep, rest, attention and emotional well-being are not ours to trade for engagement. We steward our health as an act of worship.
Finances Are Sacred
Money is a tool entrusted to us by God, not a measure of worth. We steward resources with integrity, wisdom and generosity, free from greed, debt and the pressure to buy belonging.
Commerce Is Sacred
What we buy, sell and build shapes the culture our children inherit. We support businesses that protect children, respect privacy and put people before profit, and refuse to fund harm.
One formation path · How we disciple
SEE clearly. ROOT deeply. STAND firmly. LIVE fully.
See
clearly
Recognize lies and what is forming us.
We name the lies we have believed and the forces shaping hearts, habits and identity, without fear, denial or panic.
Root
deeply
Know who we are and Whose we are in Christ.
Before achievement, appearance, approval or appetite, we are accepted, secure and significant in Him. I belong. I am safe in His hands. I matter.
Stand
firmly
Submit to God, resist the enemy and stand in Truth.
We take up the whole armor of God, resist lies with Truth and reclaim our God-given responsibility to protect what is sacred.
Live
fully
Walk by the Spirit and live free, In Real Life.
Real freedom is not the absence of limits; it is the power to live in truth and no longer be ruled by sin, fear or appetite. We take back the hours we surrendered and put God, people and relationships back at the center.
First flagship pathway
Sex Is Sacred.
An upstream formation strategy addressing sexual integrity, pornography, objectification, grooming, exploitation, demand, healthy relationships, repentance, healing and restoration across the lifespan. Every adult goes through SEE • ROOT • STAND personally in order to get free and maintain freedom.
We cannot end abuse, exploitation and trafficking without confronting our individual and collective sexual brokenness. Pornography conditions the mind, distorts desire and trains us to consume people rather than honor them as sacred. But this is not a message of condemnation. It is a call to repentance, healing and freedom. In Christ, no one is beyond redemption.
Ancient temptations, new delivery
So many ancient temptations can now be delivered directly into our hands, privately, constantly and at scale.
Lust.Comparison.Envy.Anger.Division.Pride.Greed.Validation.Sexual temptation.Gossip.Fear.
The fruit of the Spirit
Temptation promises what only the Spirit can produce.
Love.Joy.Peace.Patience.Kindness.Goodness.Faithfulness.Gentleness.Self-control.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22–23, ESV
Why this matters: we cannot simply remove the counterfeit, we must cultivate the real. Filters and settings can limit what reaches us, but they cannot change a heart. Lust is answered by love. Comparison and envy are answered by joy. Anger and division are answered by peace and patience. Pride is answered by gentleness, greed by goodness, gossip by kindness, the hunger for validation by faithfulness, and sexual temptation by self-control. Algorithms cultivate appetite; the Spirit cultivates character.
“Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.”, Galatians 5:16, ESV
Technology is a tool, not a teacher, parent, pastor, friend or source of identity.
It’s time to put technology back in its proper place, and put God, people and relationships back at the center.
Why this work exists
Children are sacred. They are not products.
I started Sacred Stewardship because I watched my own children’s childhoods being stolen, and saw the same thing happening to their friends and their generation. I watched screens take time, attention, innocence and space that should have belonged to friendship, family, discovery and growing up.
You cannot out-parent an attention economy designed to keep your child engaged. Algorithms have taken over the work of formation. It’s time for parents to reclaim their God-given authority.
God never left. We did. Now He is calling us to return.
Read Veronica’s letter →Bring God Back
A prayer revival beginning in our own hearts and homes.
We have tried education. We have tried advocacy. We have tried legislation. All are necessary, but none can do what only God can do in the human heart.
Bring God Back is a call to return God and prayer to the center of our families, churches, communities and country. It begins with repentance, not accusation. Before we point at the culture, we ask God to search us. Before we raise our voices, we get on our knees.
Faith in action
Prayer is the foundation. Protection requires action.
Educate the Public
We help parents, churches, educators and communities understand how digital culture, pornography, addictive design and sexualized media shape identity and increase vulnerability to exploitation.
Encourage Corporate Responsibility
We call companies to put children and human dignity ahead of profit. We elevate businesses that protect privacy and families, and challenge platforms and advertisers that benefit from harm.
Advocate for Strong Policy and Enforcement
We support survivor-centered accountability, the enforcement of existing laws and policies that protect children, preserve privacy and hold powerful institutions responsible.
Engage Faith Communities
We equip the Church to lead with truth, prayer, protection, discipleship, accountability and pathways toward freedom and healing.
Redirect Commerce. Rebuild Culture.
What we fund shapes the world our children inherit.
Every purchase is a vote for the kind of culture we are willing to sustain. We connect families, churches and organizations with values-aligned businesses that protect children, respect privacy, strengthen families and put people ahead of profit.
We do not have to keep funding the systems we are praying to change.
Why commerce is sacred →We have a sacred responsibility. Armor up.
We are not powerless. We can pray. We can tell the truth. We can stand in the authority of Christ. We can equip our children to recognize what is counterfeit and fight back with Truth. We can build a culture that sees every person as sacred and every child as worthy of protection.
The work begins with us, and it begins now.