Note: This guest blog is from author Dustin Perkins, whose article “Ministering to Abusive Families” is one of this month’s Hurting Kids and Families featured resources. You may want to read the article before the blog post to …
When we launched our Urban Youth Ministry Certificate training program four years ago, it represented an unprecedented training opportunity — graduate education specifically for urban youth workers, packaged in a 6-course certificate completed mostly through distance education over the course of two years.
According to the World Bank and the United Nations, people in developing countries can be defined as living in poverty when they have to live on less than $2.00 a day. Since my students spend more than that on a …
A few weeks ago I was speaking for a group of new high school grads a couple of times, and just before the first session I met some of the students. One guy (we’ll call him Tim) introduced himself, then …
Last Sunday my wife and I led our church’s middle school group. We talked about apathy — the “Who cares?” response to situations or people around us, and sometimes our response to God.
Not black kids; not in this pool in Philadelphia. Even if they’ve paid up.
You may have seen this in the news last week, but in case you missed it, a summer camp contracted with a private swim club to …
My kids love summer Wednesdays because my church, Lake Avenue Church, does a Wacky Wednesday series that lives up to its name. This summer, my church is wisely offering Wednesday evening parent training meetings.
A few nights ago, our …
We seem to be living in the largest generation gap since the 1960s, at least according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. I haven’t been able to get a copy of the actual report yet, but in …
My friend, Walt Mueller, has just authored a book entitled The Space Between: A Parent’s Guide to Teenage Development
- Chap Clark interview on hurting kids
- Ministering to abusive families
- Deep Justice Journeys excerpt: Support and Feedback
