Posts Tagged ‘ Spiritual Growth ’
This past week I have had three separate conversations with teenage girls. The first, “Amy,” is a senior in high school and mentoring a first grader at our local elementary school. The little girl’s father overdosed over the weekend. As Amy wonders aloud how to ‘be’ with this little girl, I reminded her to be [ READ MORE ]
Earlier this week, I was reminded of an article I read about the Facebook Generation. In this article Gary Hamel lists 12 ideas that the Facebook Generation has towards the world. (For the full article: http://bit.ly/aXXHxG) It’s an interesting list to think about when we talk about youth ministry. As I have been thinking this [ READ MORE ]
What kind of congregational faith and life nurtures you of maturing Christian faith? A surprising discovery emerges from the findings of the EYM study: entire congregations make a difference in youth ministry. The congregations in the study are powerful faith and life shaping systems. Youth ministry doesn’t exist on the side of or separate from [ READ MORE ]
I was talking to a friend this week who wondered if all the hype about Exemplary Youth Ministry wasn’t just that. He was not discounting all the good stuff we’ve been blogging about but he did wonder if we were just moving on to the next new thing, the latest fad, the buzz in youth [ READ MORE ]
Are we serving baby food? Can you remember your first years away from home when you had to make your own decisions, wash your own clothes, balance your checkbook, and make a ton of other mistakes before you learned how to grow up? Or, was that just me? I have a hunch a lot of [ READ MORE ]
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