One Great Year
Brad M. Griffin | Sep 3, 2009
Photo by Jakob Owens
Yesterday was our 1 year anniversary as FYI. Looking back on the past year’s efforts at rebranding, launching an all-new website and blog, increasing our E-Journal releases to monthly offerings, building up our Facebook group (and most recently our new FB Page) and more, we’re excited at all God has continued to do through the work of FYI!
This year we also released the Deep Leadership team training curriculum (which will be re-released in print as Essential Leadership in January) and the Deep Justice Journeys missional living curriculum, two resources we’re really proud of.
I’'m struck today with the reminder that none of our work would be possible without the many, many youth workers who regularly contribute to our research and resource development. One of our core values is reciprocal learning between youth workers in the field and researchers in the academy, and we don’t release any book or curriculum without testing it first with many of you. Way before that, most of our resources are born out of the prompting of folks like you who push us to explore deeper into unexplored waters of ministry and culture.
So…. THANK YOU for your part in this journey!
And just for fun today, here are a few TOP FIVE lists from this year:
Top Five Articles
- The Lockbox Theory’s Implications for Your Students
- See Jane Deal With Her Body
- Riding the Highs and Lows of Teenage Faith Development
- A Reminder of an Often-Forgotten Reality
- Theological Principles Behind Intergenerational Youth Ministry
Top Five Audios
- Chuck Bomar Interview
- Derek Melleby Interview
- Tony Jones Interview
- Efrem Smith Interview
- Doug Schaupp on Being White
Top Five Blog Posts
Brad M. Griffin is the Senior Director of Content for the Fuller Youth Institute, where he develops research-based training for youth workers and parents. A speaker, writer, and volunteer youth pastor, Brad is the coauthor of over a dozen books, including 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager, Faith in an Anxious World, Growing Young, several Sticky Faith books, Every Parent’s Guide to Navigating Our Digital World, and Can I Ask That? Brad and his family live in Southern California, where he serves as Pastor of Youth and Family Ministries at Mountainside Communion.
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