Turning Families Inside Out
Last week I read sociologist and family ministry guru Diana Garland’s new book, Inside Out Families: Living the Faith Together
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Adults Who Get Me
When 15-year-olds were asked what adults who really “get” them (understand them) do to show it, here’s what they said, as reported in the Search Institute 2010 Teen Voice Report:
About the Kid Table
This week’s E-Journal includes a feature from Kara that puts in writing some concepts we’ve been including in our FYI speaking and consulting for a couple of years now
Moving Away from the Kid Table A Bigger Vision of the Church
What’s so bad about the kid table? Kara explores a theology of church and youth ministry that might challenge your assumptions.
Best Buy/Search Institute – Teen Research
I’m a fan of the Search Institute. Their 40 Developmental Assets have been very important in the way we think about holistic ministry.
Intergenerational
At FYI this year we have a Sticky Faith Learning Cohort, a group of 12 specially invited churches who are learning from our College Transition Project and want to apply its findings to their youth ministry and overall church.
Sharing the Roof
According to a Reuters report this week, there’s been a rise in the purchase of multigenerational homes (meaning more than one generation share the same dwelling) over the past year
Your View of Parents
I’ve been reading Reggie Joiner’s great book, Think Orange
Spiritual Catalysts
In Think Orange
How Do I Get my Pastor to Change?
Often when I speak or meet with youth workers and parents to discuss our research at FYI, they quickly buy into the changes that our research suggests…