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Archive October 14, 2010
Fat Stigma Spreading Worldwide
While in college, I remember studying research indicating that in certain parts of the world actually view fat positively, as a sign of affluence and the ability to have leisure time.
Seems like that is changing, at least somewhat.
This…
Kids in Japan and other countries
As we watch and pray about the natural and nuclear disaster in Japan this week, this summary of research on Youth, Religion and Globalization seems to hit home. Funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, researchers from 8 different countries (the United States, Japan, Germany, Ghana, Russia/Ukraine, India, Argentina & Paraguay) explored the effects of globalization on teenagers’ experience of religious faith.
Ideation Conference
Last week I had the privilege of attending the Ideation Conference in Long Beach, about 30 miles from Pasadena. It was a gathering of about 200 non-profit leaders…
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.
Cross-Cultural Youth Ministry Objectives
Much of the time research gives us good language for what we are already somewhat intuitively doing. It helps make explicit that which is implicit in our philosophy or practices.
Youth Potential
FYI’s College Transition Project has been funded, to a large degree, by the Lilly Endowment. Periodically we get to update folks at Lilly, either in person or in writing, about our findings and their implications for youth ministry.
During my …
Stuff Has a Story – And It’s Us
Looking for some interesting fodder for a youth group talk focused on justice this summer? Try The Story of Stuff. It’s not a church curriculum video. It’s a truth-telling video by a maverick storyteller who cares about global injustice.…
Maybe Bono is Wrong
At least so says Dambisa Moyo, a native Zambian with a Harvard and Oxford education who recently authored the book Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
Shift of Christian Gravity
How much are we willing to listen to and learn from what God is doing in the “global South”?