Organic
I was on a panel this past weekend with Chuck Bomar, who leads CollegeLeader.org. Chuck and I have taught together before…
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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,…
Mark and Noah Branson Interview A Father-Son Conversation about Gaming
Kara Powell interviews father-son pair Mark Lau Branson and Noah Branson about working together to set boundaries on video games and other media.
A Lesson from Soccer: Thanks…
September means 3 things for our family: back to school, back to soccer, and my travel schedule heats up.
The Happiest Place to Text
Recently I spent a day at Disneyland with my family, riding rides and battling crowds at the “Happiest place on earth.”