Think about the last student who showed up at one of your youth ministry events for the first time. Did they come back? If not, why not? If so, that’s great, but do you know what your ministry did that kept them coming back to your church?
As a youth worker, what do you do with the passion, despair, talent, rage, anger, hostility, love, spiritual connectivity and enthusiasm that encompasses the life of Tu-Pac Shakur? How do you, as a youth worker that cares about both God and culture, deal with the constant contradictions between God and gangsta rap?
While McDonald’s has brought many positive elements to our culture, it is also eroding much of our life and vitality. It’s a process sociologist George Ritzer calls “The McDonaldization of society”. Is it also creeping into our youth ministries?
