Vocation and Lockboxing
Just listened to this podcast through Princeton’s Institute for Youth Ministry with sociologist Tim Clydesdale, author of The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens after High School
Archive: July 2009
Learning and Serving and Learning
This summer when school let out, 11-year-old Zach Bonner and his friend Raven started walking. They walked 668 miles from Atlanta to D.C. Zach wanted to raise awareness about (and funds for) homeless youth in the U.S.,…
Notes from College
The NY Times ran a feature this weekend of reflections from college students and grads. They received over 800 submissions and printed several essays and photos online here. But I was fascinated by this reflection submitted by…
Samuel the Soccer Player (Stories from East Africa)
This is Kasozi Samuel. He wears a size 9 shoe but doesn’t own a pair of soccer cleats. As a result, his soccer coach threatened to kick him off the team because he could get injured while playing in his sandals. Oh, but you should see his skills on the pitch in sandals!
What’s Up With Guys?
I’ve been doing some research for an article series on teenage guys for this fall, and I thought I might open-source this a bit and get your input. So here goes:
What do you think are some of the biggest,…
We get to choose
If you’re a youth worker (especially a suburban youth worker) in the U.S., you’re likely familiar with Youth Specialties (YS). And if you’ve ever been to a Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention, you’re familiar with Tic…
Best quote on grace for my summer
I seem to be in this rut of reading Dallas Willard books on my vacation, and I read one last week while in Northern California. It’s Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship With God,
Back in town and encouraged
The good news is that I had a wonderful week away last week with my family (no cell phone, no e.mail). The not-so-good news is that I returned to several hundred e.mails yesterday.
One of them was quite encouraging. Brett…
Anonymous (Stories from East Africa)
After spending two weeks in East Africa, it was the slums and her inhabitants that stuck out the most. Though I met many during my time in the Misri, Bukesa, and Kawempe slums, the majority that I saw were nameless…
New Press on Girls and Image
I try to keep track of news on youth in the media, and maybe it’s just me, but I’ve noticed recently a bit more press on girls and image-related issues than usual. Over the past couple of years we’ve written…