Pracademic
I was with some academicians and practitioners from around the U.S. this week and we were talking about how many of us are actually hybrids of the two roles – we are both researchers and youth workers.
A new term…
Archive: May 2009
Segregated Proms
I guess I’m still a bit naive about the racial divide here in the U.S. I had no idea that there was still such a thing as segregated Senior Proms but the New York Times ran an
Unplugged and Inspired
Yesterday Mark Oestreicher from Youth Specialties posted a blog saying that among other things, he was ending his blog, closing his Facebook account, and cutting back on travel. The reason? He wanted to give…
Sexting and Exploitation
If you work with teenagers and you’ve followed the news over the past few months, the term “sexting” isn’t new to you.
Sexting is the sending of nude or nearly-nude images and/or sexually explicit messages via cell phone text/image messaging,…
A Word From Below: The Space Between
Last week Lina Thompson and I were teaching one of our Street Psalms intensives. We have been teaching for FYI’s Urban Youth Ministry Certificate program for several years now and have really enjoyed it. This year twenty urban youth…
The (Often Neglected) Missionary Partner
Much ink (and online pixels) have been spilled over how to move students past spiritual tourism to mission trips and eventually missional living. One of the often neglected keys in this process is the role of the in-field missionary partner.
Do you know any homeless people?
This story came from Andy Baker, former youth worker in Kentucky and now a missionary with Word Made Flesh in Bolivia (http://wordmadeflesh.org).
Once a kid came to me and insisted that I take him into the inner…
Hearing the Gentle Whisper
Discernment is a word we hear more and more these days. Guidance was what we used to call it, and some still do. Whether we call it discernment or guidance, however, many of the authors agree that where we go…
Two New FB Posts Today
There are two new Facebook discussion posts up and running today about moving from mission trips to missional living. Join in the conversation!
Materialism and Missional Living Post-Trip:
Many of us have returned from mission trips with kids who vow…
Faith Admits Doubt
Disclaimer: I’m going to talk about Obama and quote from a controversial speech.
If we can move past whatever our opinions may be about President Obama (I’m not interested in political debate in this blog post), there were a few…