Category: Youth Ministry

In case you still have not been persuaded to read the article, here’s more… One youth worker expressed his appreciation for The Emerging Church by explaining to me, “What appealed to me about that book is that I grew up in a conservative church where people were closed-minded, hypocritical and very judgmental, and I think…

Duffy Robbins raises some good questions about adolescence in youth ministry. Obsessed with cool. Trendy. Impulsive. Self-focused. Caught up in the moment. Probably sounds like a description of some of the kids in your youth group.Actually, um…well…this is not an article about youth culture or the world of today’s teenagers. This is an article about…

Found a site dedicated to small youth groups. Most people don’t realize that the average youth group in America falls into this category. Might have some useful stuff… http://www.smallyouthgroup.com/

I know it’s uncouth to say, “I told you so,” but in this case I did.Three years ago, in my book Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know — And Doesn’t, I described the United States as a nation of religious illiterates. Though Americans are deeply religious, I argued, they know very little about…

I mentioned recently at our Fusion meeting about a challenge that Andy Morgan mentioned whilst teaching our apprentices. It was one of two actually and I got him to write them down for you… In an attempt to channel the competitive nature of teens I devised two challenges which I have used with various youth…

Not all that long ago I heard a priest declare in his sermon that the concept of inerrancy was relatively new, dating back to the time of the Scopes Monkey Trial. I approached him afterward and told him I thought that was a strange assertion because I had read the word used in theological writing…

An excellent post that is very relevant to the issues that divide TEC… A panel discussion that included Brian McLaren, Alistair McGrath, and Tim Keller tackled the question of inerrancy. McGrath’s response was disappointing. He explained that he doesn’t like the term because it sounds too self-assured, like we have everything figured out and our…

Vicki Courtney writes for Focus on the Family… American girls are increasingly being fed a steady diet of products and images that pressure them to be sexy. The American Psychological Association (APA) warns that this sexualization of girls is harmful to their self-image and healthy development. “[Girls are] experiencing teen pressures at younger and younger…

Stephen Altrogge gives five compelling reasons why they do. When I started this job nine years ago, youth ministers made fun of me for wanting a Mac laptop. It was all I knew and the PC given to me was rubbish. Now Macs are the norm. Hmmmm… I don’t for a minute think I started…