If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Hawkosky raises an interesting point - one that you may have struggled with to the point that you have put it to one side in your too hard box. The topic in question is how do we measure our [...]
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 a topic than just hearing me going on and on. I also run the risk of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Nicki raises some interesting concepts in her response to something she heard. What I find fascinating is how [in my opinion] she gets it SO right and SO wrong both in the same sentence!
Any youth ministry statement must include the role of parents and any youth minister must purely exist to assist Christian parents in [...]
I am unsure as to how accurate the self appraisal is that I have read on Filter Through Life - it is certainly frank, open and straight shooting [and I am not saying it is true or untrue but rather I know we can sometimes be our worst critic].
Our goal: To lead teenagers to Christ [...]
Andy W asks us to think about which young people have impacted us [as opposed to those we have impacted] - great question! I think I have heaps - here’s a couple:
Dave - he changed me from a program based youthworker to a relational one with his openness in answering my questions. I still remember [...]
