Faith, Not Should
Three months ago at our Los Angeles Youth Ministry Network, my friend and partner, Chap Clark, shared some insights about Galatians 5 that I’ve been meditating on for the last three months. They are so personal and…
Archive: December 2008
Students Who Fail
Right about now you probably have some graduates from the class of 2008 coming home from their freshman term at college. For some, their first few months of college were chock full of great times with God, great new relationships…
Open Source Advocacy…Open Source Youth Ministry?
Our friend Jeremy Del Rio (who also teaches in our Urban Youth Ministry Certificate program) is modeling what systemic approaches to justice are all about. An advocate for kids in his community and…
A Tale of Two Mindsets
The best book I’ve read recently on leadership and parenting is Mindset by Carol S. Dweck, a world-renowned Stanford University psychologist. The essence of the book contrasts two mindsets (hence the title).
The first mindset is a fixed mindset in…
Volume 4, Issue 8
- FREE Deep Leadership sample: Deep Rest
- Derek Melleby interview on College Transition research
- College Transition article on faith internalization
- Intergenerational ministry–the importance of parents and other adults
A Reminder of an Often-Forgotten Reality Parents and Adults Matter in the Spiritual Formation of Kids
Continuing our series on intergenerational ministry, Fraze explores Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton’s work in their Soul Searching research as it relates to the roles parents and other adults play in adolescent faith formation.
Youth Group Kids Gone Wild What You Can Do Now to Prepare Kids for College
What’s the difference between understanding faith and internalizing it? Psychologist Krista Kubiak Crotty explores the implications of those differences for youth workers hoping to nurture students’ faith in ways that will last far beyond high school.
Interview with Derek Melleby
Kara Powell interviews Derek Melleby, head of the College Transition Initiative at the Center for Parent-Youth Understanding, about internalization of faith and other issues related to our College Transition Project research.
Conspiring about Advent
$450 billion. That’s what the folks at the Advent Conspiracy website say we spend in the U.S. on Christmas each year (these statistics are based on 2006 figures). While Christmas shopping has already been on my list…