If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It won’t take you a long time reading this blog to understand that I am a firm believer in youth involvement. I enjoy preaching [I call it doing talky bits] but our students will learn far more by discussing [...]
Writing in a totally different context, Angus makes the following point:
“Maybe it’s because no one’s really reading or writing these days,” said Angus. “Young people don’t read books; they don’t read papers. And when they ‘write,’ they use computers to cobble together little snippets of information, have a spell-checker proof it, and even let the [...]
Dan Mayes writes about his church and their youth ministry without the ‘luxury’ of a youth pastor. Read the whole thing for the full perspective. I just want us to consider a short sentence at the beginning of his post:
There was basically one or two people both completely burnt out on youth ministry, with no [...]
An Irish newspaper reported:
Children who feel pressured by parents to succeed may be more at risk of developing anxiety or even depression
In some ways that could be considered an obvious statement. I meet young people almost every week who are suffering from parents expectations.
But a not so obvious question could be; What are we specifically [...]
6 questions were asked of Peter Wilson is a consultant child psychotherapist. One of them asked if he was concerned that young people were referred to as brats. His answer was delightful. I am printing a part of it here:
Dictionary: brat, a child, “especially an irritating one”. Yes, I know! … and I know one [...]
Jan says this of herself:
I am chronologically a middle-aged woman.
But then cites various examples of times where she feels old and times when she feels young; people who are chronologically old yet appear ever young.
It reminded me of what I often say to young people - ‘I am 15 years old on the inside but [...]
I came across this amazing prayer the other day:
I pray that our youth ministry and the church I serve in never becomes a place where people are defined by their past or their struggles and temptations. At the same time, I pray that it is a place where people can be open and honest about [...]
Youth Ministry Tips has a great post about business meetings and how we can reduce the stress that they may create. One thing is for sure, many youth workers are not good business meeting attenders [you should see them running a meeting!].
These are the headings - but the post is well worth a look.
When [...]
Do you ever wonder if you are making a difference, or if the hours you invest in a young person will bear fruit in years to come?
Franklin Wood writes in his blog about a phone call he received:
A few days ago, I was busy in my office when I received one of those phone calls [...]
