Youth Guy Evan wrote this in response to a previous post: I’d be curious to know though, who do you think is to blame for youth ministry’s dependency on youth pastors? Culture? Students? Parents? the Church? Ourselves? All of the above? Difficult to tell… because i think at times all of them are true at […]
Issues in Youth Ministry
Tim Schmoyer is doing a series on current issues in youth ministry. I wasn’t one of the 21 people asked to weigh-in on the topic (because, well, I don’t know him) but I can still post my own thoughts on my blog. So I will! Some of my emergent/emerging tendencies will be evident in my […]
I… can’t… talk…
So, maybe I need to lay off the books for a little while (yeah, right). Last night at church, during “Cross-Examination” (a nifty title I came up with for a discussion group where we examine cultural phenomena in light of the gospel), I simply could not talk. Well, it’s not that I couldn’t talk, but […]
A Must-Read
I got a nice, large shipment of youth ministry books last week and picked up Mark Yaconelli’s Contemplative Youth Ministry on Friday. I could not put the book down. I read probably 150 or more pages the first day, which I usually don’t do. I’m almost done with it, and it has been really amazing. […]
The Freedom of Failure
So, my post a couple of weeks ago may have been a bit on the negative side. I talked about the doom and gloom of youth ministry and how if it didn’t change, it would simply die. If anyone happened to read the post, they probably would have thought I was a pretty stark pessimist. […]
Arg…
I’ve not been very happy with myself lately. It seems as if I’ve been having trouble being productive recently. And by productive I simply mean getting done what I have to get done in the time I have alotted for myself to do it. I tell myself, “I need to get [X] finished by [Y] […]
The Next 50 Years of Youth Ministry: Becoming Theologians
Marko brought my attention to the latest issue of Christianity Today, which celebrates it’s 50th anniversary issue. Among other things, there is an article on the next 50 years of youth ministry and what it may bring. The typical people give their input: Kenda Dean, Walt Mueller, Chap Clark, Marko, and others. But, as Marko […]
Youth Ministry and Ecclesiology
A random thought by me: What are the current ecclesiological trends in Africa and Central America? Do they have such a thing as “youth ministry” as we know it in America? What happens to their children as they grow into adulthood? Do they continue to contribute to the Body? Is their ecclesiology a reflection of their […]
The Plight of Youth Ministry
The statistics of students leaving the church soon after “graduating” from youth ministry are well-documented and widespread. I don’t feel like finding and posting links right now, but they’re out there. Anyone who has been in youth ministry long enough to see kids graduate and then fall away knows this trend, even if only anecdotally. As […]
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