What is the real impact of violent video games?
As video games have continued to become enormously popular with young people (and adults), these are just a few of the questions researchers have been exploring.
Three reasons you shouldn’t call your teenager a tech addict
You don’t need us to tell you that mobile devices are pervasive in our culture, specifically among teenagers. Concerns abound regarding this new reality.
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Phantom Community: Whats the Power of Talk in a Digital Age?
So often our approach in churches, particularly in youth ministry, is to grasp at the latest trends in an attempt to be relevant. But what seems abundantly clear in Reclaiming Conversation is that today’s young people are searching and yearning for something radically countercultural against their world of phantom community. They want to feel and experience true community for themselves.
Reading Scripture with immigrant youth: Let the children come to me
Moving to a new country or just across town is filled with hope and fear, ups and downs, excitement and anxiety. There are both new things to learn and pain for the things that will no longer exist.
Yet we know we are not alone in this experience, for human migration is as old as Creation. Remember Adam and Eve leaving the garden? Or Abraham? Moses and the people of Israel? Even Jesus himself was a refugee! Although factors vary, we read throughout Scripture about movement and displacement due to famine, slavery, and in some cases death.
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Finding abundance through reclaiming our immigrant stories
Jun 22, 2018 -
Neighboring well as an ethnic-specific church
Jun 01, 2018 -
When church is family: 4 ways to fuel warmth with young people
May 18, 2018 -
4 healing steps for leaders of color serving in white spaces
Apr 13, 2018 -
Guiding values for multicultural youth ministry
Mar 29, 2018
How to explore questions about science and faith in your ministry
Taking that first foray into the realm of science and faith can be difficult. But it is increasingly necessary if we are to facilitate lifelong faith in our youth.
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Talking about hypocrisy in the church
Jul 24, 2018 -
Processing the tragedy of school shootings
Feb 15, 2018 -
“I don’t believe in anything anymore”: How to respond when young people doubt God
Aug 04, 2017 -
Why doubt needs to have a place in your youth ministry this year
Aug 18, 2016 -
Bono and Eugene Peterson: An Exclusive Interview
Apr 26, 2016
What is the real impact of violent video games?
As video games have continued to become enormously popular with young people (and adults), these are just a few of the questions researchers have been exploring.
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Three reasons you shouldn’t call your teenager a tech addict
Oct 16, 2018 -
3 positive effects of gaming
Oct 08, 2018 -
How young is too young (for digital media)?
Oct 08, 2018 -
How do I help my kids start social media—without losing my mind?
Oct 08, 2018 -
Why technology is the one area of our family that‘s not fair
Oct 08, 2018
Finding identity, belonging, and purpose in a competitive world
Competition is present on the field, in the classroom, and in the workplace. It is deeply formative—impacting the identity, belonging, and purpose of young people.
