For a while now, I’ve wanted to make a youth group t-shirt that said just that when we went to a big youth event where there would likely be a bunch of youth groups with their own t-shirts. I wonder if people would get it. But, alas, we haven’t ever made that kind of t-shirt, […]
Sophisticated Youth Ministry and a Theology of Mission Trips
A youth minister, a theologian, and a tech guru log onto Twitter… So began a theological debate last week about mission trips carried on in 140 character increments amongst Andy Root, Adam McLane, and myself. It all started when Andy posted this little snippet of theological provocation: the point of mission trips is to invite […]
The Most Significant Factor in Youth Spiritual Maturity? Prayer
A while ago, it has been months now, I asked some of the students at our church: out of all the things that our church or youth ministry did, what was it that they believed formed their faith most significantly? I threw out things like mission trips, worship, retreats, Bible studies, small groups, special events […]
Theology & Youth Ministry Project: Want to help?
Over the past four years of youth ministry I have stayed away from most published curriculum. In most cases, I have tended to take books that I think are provocative, theologically sound and worthwhile and use them to structure my lessons. So, when I taught on Colossians I used Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire by […]
Rooted: A Theology Conference for Student Ministry
It seems like there have been a bunch of new youth ministry conferences popping up recently, and I wanted to alert you to another one you may not have heard about: Rooted. Anything that bills itself as a “theology conference for student ministry” is worth looking into a bit deeper. I think we have needed […]
Teen 2.0 by Robert Epstein
A psychologist makes you question every assumption you have about adolescence.
Everyone in Youth Ministry Doesn’t Agree About…
Even though youth ministry has come a long way and there is a lot of good stuff that is pretty much standard fare, I think there are still a lot of unsettled issues in youth ministry. Among them: Are teenagers children or adults? To what extent can youth lead? How do we cultivate true leadership? […]
Everyone in Youth Ministry Agrees That…
Okay, well maybe not everyone agrees about these things, but it seems like we have come to a point in youth ministry that what once was cutting edge thinking is now pretty much standard fare. So, let’s stop trying to convince each other that: Youth ministry cannot be a completely separate ministry apart from rest […]
Kenda Creasy Dean on Teen Faith
There’s a recent interview with Princeton Seminary professor Kendra Creasy Dean about her new book, Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church. The book is written towards mainline churches as a result of the National Study on Youth and Religion (which is outlined in the books Soul Searching and […]
Where Was God When…?
I have been asked to participate in a blog tour for a new book by Mike Calhoun: Where Was God When? I have not read the book or know much about Mike, so this isn’t necessarily an endorsement, but their idea of the blog tour was so interesting that I decided to participate. If you […]
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