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What does every child deserve
Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Society on May 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Making Disciples is Not Just for Super Christians
Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Church, Theology on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Nathan Creitz: Not everyone is a “Super Christian.” We don’t all have stories of how we glanced at the stranger seated next to us on the plane and led them to Jesus right there on the spot. Most of us are probably missing about 9 out of every 10 opportunities we have to share the [...]
24-Hour Childcare
Posted in Children's and Youth Work, News, Society on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I couldn’t quite believe I read this – in the world of outsourcing to India business has taken another step – how about outsourcing your parenting? A 24-hour childcare center in New Delhi billed itself as the place to go for “children of parents who are too busy to put them to bed”: “At ‘Care [...]
Get Mark Oestreicher’s latest book for free!
Posted in Books, Children's and Youth Work on May 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Simply Youth Ministry is offering Mark Oestreichers new book, A Beautiful Mess, free as a download for the next 2 weeks! They say: When you think about the state of youth ministry today, are you an optimist or a pessimist? Do you cheer or fear? Is the glass half full or half empty? In this [...]
The Millennial Teenager
Posted in Children's and Youth Work on May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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How to greet dogs
Posted in Children's and Youth Work on May 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
James posted a great advice sheet on How to greet dogs, it is certainly something I’d have found useful in my time as a youth worker and minister doing visits to homes in the community: Download the How to greet a dog pdf
A Brief History of Youth Ministry
Posted in Children's and Youth Work on April 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Dave Wright, the coordinator for youth ministries in the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina has written a great article: A Brief History of Youth Ministry for The Gospel Coalition. He sums up 50 years of history and draws the following conclusions: First, we moved from parachurch to church-based ministry (though the parachurch continues). In doing [...]
Free ebook – Living with Questions
Posted in Books, Children's and Youth Work on April 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Youth Specialties book Living with Questions is a free ebook right now. You can get it on Amazon or iBooks. Publisher Description: A practical and personal approach to apologetics for students. How many times has your teacher asked you a question, and you stare blankly at the ceiling, hoping to discover the answer lingering there? [...]
Teen prank texted “I hid the body … now what?” to a random guy, who turned out to be a cop!
Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Funny, News on April 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the modern equivalent of dialing a random phone number or knocking on strangers houses, except this time it went a little wrong! A northwest Arkansas teenager thought it would be funny to text a random phone number saying she hid a body, but the joke backfired. Of all the local phone numbers she could [...]
National consultation on Fostering, Adoption & the Church
Posted in Children's and Youth Work, News, Society on April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There’s been lots of exciting news recently from my friend Krish, and others, on a consultation on fostering, adoption and the church that he is working on with Care for the Family and Evangelical Alliance: There is a pressing need in the UK for more foster and adoptive parents. There is a crisis in recruitment and retainment of [...]

