Fight for a Kid
Just like in yesterday’s blog I’m going to basically transcribe a story from Reggie Joiner’s Think Orange
Archive October 14, 2010
My Initial Concern about Reggie Joiner’s Orange
When I first heard about Reggie Joiner’s “orange” philosophy, my first concern was that he didn’t value the impact of non-family adults in a kids’ life.
Think Orange
A few weeks ago I was in Atlanta for the Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention. One of my favorite aspects of the convention is…
Measured-Risk Parenting
Are we worrying about the wrong things?
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 College Transition …
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, I …
Question #3 for Frantic Families
The Powell family isn’t a frantic family but we are busy. And we have those moments of franticness.
Question #2 for Frantic Families
Yesterday I introduced The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family
3 Big Questions for Frantic Families
As soon as my friend, Nancy, mentioned the title of the book, The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family
Three-Family Systems
In The Purpose of Boys: Helping Our Sons Find Meaning, Significance, and Direction in Their Lives