So, I’m going to try to post weekly links to blog posts that I think would be interesting to those in youth ministry. This week’s winners: Can we really be in a recession when little girls are getting spa treatments? Gman links to an archive of tributes to Mike Yaconelli. Somehow I’ve never come across […]
Examining Dare 2 Share’s Deep and Wide Youth Ministry Thesis: Part 3
Previous Posts: Introductory Thoughts Part 1 Part 2 2. Deep and Wide Youth Ministry means pushing our teens to grow deeper spiritually (pages 5-8) First of all, I seldom use the word spiritual. I know what D2S means when they say spiritual: they pretty much mean things that are distinctly Christian. But spiritual seems to […]
Now Reading: Awakening Youth Discipleship: Christian Resistance in a Consumer Culture by Brian J. Mahan, Michael Warren, and David F. White
I started reading a new book Friday that I’m really excited about. I read Practicing Discernment With Youth: A Transformative Youth Ministry Approach by David F. White last year and really enjoyed about 2/3 of the book. I liked where White was coming from in the book, but thought that he didn’t exactly take his […]
Examining Dare 2 Share’s Deep and Wide Youth Ministry Thesis: Part 2
Previous Posts: • Introductory thoughts • Part 1 1. What Deep and Wide Youth Ministry is Not (pages 3-4) It is not just another approach to youth ministry I found it interesting that the thesis tries to convince us that “Deep and Wide Youth Ministry is not a gimmick or a method” (3) and then […]
Examining Dare 2 Share’s Deep and Wide Youth Ministry Thesis: Part 1
Previous Posts: • Introductory thoughts Before I begin, I would like to applaud Dare 2 Share (D2S) for making their Deep and Wide Youth Ministry Thesis available for free rather than turning it into a book or a training tour that you have to pay to get access to (and if they do decide to […]
Examining Dare 2 Share’s “Deep and Wide Youth Ministry Thesis”: Introductory Thoughts
For some reason I took a keen interest in Tim Schmoyer’s post last week regarding the fairly new document produced by Dare 2 Share (D2S) called the “Deep and Wide Youth Ministry Thesis.” I thought I would post my thoughts on the document, but I was hesitant to make the posts for a few reasons: […]
Open Letter to Public Schools
…over at the Youth Ministry Hilarity! blog. He makes some really great points. A quote: You complain that our kids are too tired, but then you make them stay after school for HOURS of extracurricular practice! They lack concentration, so you lengthen their school year. You make them work at camps from 9:00 to 5:00 […]
Locution, Illocution, Perlocution, and Developmental Psychology: Age-Appropriate Cultural Texts
More thoughts have been spurred by reading the opening essay by Kevin Vanhoozer in the book he recently edited: Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends. If you are familiar with Vanhoozer, you will know that the orienting metaphor he uses in his thought comes from speech-act theory which declares that when […]
What are the Best Youth Ministry Blogs?
To those who follow youth ministry blogs, what are some of the best ones you’ve come across? The ones I follow are in my sidebar, but I know there’s got to be some other really great stuff out there. I like blogs that make you think and aren’t satisfied with the status quo. Moderate to […]
The Narcissism of Christian Education
A fairly quick and random thought that I had during a worship service a few weeks ago: Christian education is narcissistic. Well, I guess I should qualify that. The current status and priority that we give to Christian education is narcissistic. When a Christian desires to “go deeper” in their faith or to become “closer […]
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