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Quiet, lonely suffering. It’s part of the adolescent experience for most teenagers.
Archive October 14, 2010
Lent Begins
Today is Ash Wednesday, one of my favorite days in the liturgical year.
Adversity Can Make Us Stronger
A new study from the University of Buffalo recently found that facing a few tough life circumstances really does make us stronger.
Changing for Good Part One: The Stages of Change
We all know kids who are stuck in problem behaviors. Learn how to help them begin change that can last a lifetime.
3 Buckets of Doubt
These days I’m reading Faith and Doubt
Faith AND Doubt
One of my dear mentors and coaches, Wally Hawley, attended the November Sticky Faith Summit we had in Pasadena with 20 amazing youth workers in November 2009.
Bouncing Back Increasing Resilience for Hurting Kids
Our kids face obstacles every day — difficulties with friends, stress at school, issues with boyfriends or girlfriends.
But many of the students we work with also face larger obstacles-poverty, violence at school or in their neighborhood, parents getting divorced, …
Megan Hutchinson Interview Help for Hurting Kids
Brad Griffin interviews FYI Advisory Council member Megan Hutchinson, youth pastor and author of Life Hurts — God Heals and Secret Survivors: Real-Life Stories to Give You Hope for Healing, about working with hurting and broken kids and families even through our own brokenness.
We get to choose
If you’re a youth worker (especially a suburban youth worker) in the U.S., you’re likely familiar with Youth Specialties (YS). And if you’ve ever been to a Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention, you’re familiar with Tic Long.
Tic is …
When Hope is Thin
Last Sunday my wife and I led our church’s middle school group. We talked about apathy — the “Who cares?” response to situations or people around us, and sometimes our response to God.