I Don’t Trust the Way You Talk
It’s funny about voices. They matter a lot.
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Interaction – Goal of Your “Talk”
I’ve been having an interesting e.mail discussion with some Fuller faculty colleagues as we at Fuller are moving more and more into distributed (aka online) learning. Yippee!
Ron Hammer Seminar Helping Parents Connect with Teens
This seminar provides parents with new ideas to explore relating to their teenage sons and daughters, and ends with practical tips about empowering kids through the way we listen to them.
Organic
I was on a panel this past weekend with Chuck Bomar, who leads CollegeLeader.org. Chuck and I have taught together before…
Change and Conflict
Last week Kara shared about Dr. Scott Cormode’s presentation at our Sticky Faith Learning Cohort summit. One of the parts of Scott’s training I most appreciated was about the inevitability of conflict when we’re trying to produce change. …
Evolving Online Communication
The research team over at the Pew Internet and American Life Project just released their latest report on social media and young adults, which includes teenagers.
Telling the Stories
One of the things we’ve been challenged to do more of here at FYI is tell the stories — the stories of transformation in the lives of youth workers and the students they serve every day.
10 Interesting Global Trends
OK, I know everyone and their brother is coming up with a list of trends for the year and/or decade. But I have known about the process for this list from First Fruit and think it’s quite solid.
Unstructured Space
Last week we had 20 super sharp youth workers at Fuller in Pasadena for a Sticky Faith Summit. The summit revolved around the Hurt research of my friend and colleague, Dr. Chap Clark, as well as our…
Courageous Intervention Successfully Confronting Drug Abuse
It was another one of those “nightmare scenarios” for a youth pastor, which always seem to happen when I go out of town (for another, see my article about ministering to abusive families). When I returned from my trip,…