Touching Base
It’s the end of October. If you’re a youth worker, by now you’re fully enmeshed in fall programming and ministry relationships with new and returning students.
Archive: October 2009
Youth Runaways on the Rise
This week the NY Times online is running a 2-part series of articles and videos unfolding nearly a year of research on youth runaways and homelessness.
Exploiting the Teen Voice
Last week there was a “Web 2.0 Summit” techie conference in San Francisco. Like many conferences…
Teenage Suicides
Brad, my awesome FYI colleague, sent me an article about teen suicides by train in Palo Alto, where I went to college. I can picture the train tracks…
Question #3 for Frantic Families
The Powell family isn’t a frantic family but we are busy. And we have those moments of franticness.
Question #2 for Frantic Families
Yesterday I introduced The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family
3 Big Questions for Frantic Families
As soon as my friend, Nancy, mentioned the title of the book, The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family
Risks by Ethnicity
Anyone who follows statistics knows they can end up distorted. They often end up misquoted and misinterpreted.
Insights from Bill Romanowski
This past weekend I was a general session speaker at the Association of Youth Ministry Educators Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. I especially appreciated a general session that preceded me by Bill Romanowski…
Three-Family Systems
In The Purpose of Boys: Helping Our Sons Find Meaning, Significance, and Direction in Their Lives