Thursday, September 7, 2017, I will be presenting a youth ministry webinar focused on practical, imaginative and creative activities grounded in HOPE. Click here to register (webinar will be recorded). As a fun surprise, I will be giving away a copy of one of my favorite youth ministry books: Organic Student Ministry by Stephen Ingram through … Continue reading
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“A poem is words turned upside down and suddenly! the world is new.” From This Is a Poem that Heals Fish At our youth gathering on Palm Sunday, I was wondering how to talk with youth about the resurrection as something multi-layered. I often think we are able to say the words, “Christ is Risen!” … Continue reading
Before I begin, I need to be honest with you. I’m still figuring out how to raise faithful teenagers. This is a somewhat scary thing to admit, since I am both a youth minister and a mom. When I returned to church sixteen years ago, first baby in her carrier, I was still figuring out … Continue reading
There’s an op-ed piece and several responses going around this week about how religion isn’t necessary for raising “good kids” that has had me thinking. Is raising good kids what faith is about? I think most youth ministry people I know would say faith is a whole lot more. In a recent blog post for … Continue reading
As my second daughter approaches confirmation, I am reminded just how different two children in the same family can be! With my oldest daughter, the confirmation conversation centered around faith as a journey. She needed to know that no one has all the answers and that almost everyone has doubts. With my second, conversation focused … Continue reading
This is the second of a two posts with suggestions for helping your child write their statement of faith at the end of confirmation. I’ve seen several examples of instructions for writing statements of faith. In general, I find them to be either too wordy (with dozens of suggested statements using complex words) or too … Continue reading
