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05.18.08

Now Reading: Awakening Youth Discipleship: Christian Resistance in a Consumer Culture by Brian J. Mahan, Michael Warren, and David F. White
Books, Youth Ministry (3)
I started reading a new book Friday that I'm really excited about. I read Practicing Discernment With Youth: A Transformative Youth Ministry Approach by David F. White last year and really enjoyed about 2/3 of the book. I liked where White was coming from in the book, but thought that he didn't exactly take his thoughts to anywhere, if I remember correctly. He did an excellent job sizing up where youth ministry and teenagers are at currently, but his proposed solutions and ideas seemed lacking. What looks like to be his latest publication, along with two other authors, ...
05.15.08

Examining Dare 2 Share’s Deep and Wide Youth Ministry Thesis: Part 2
Youth Ministry (8)
Previous Posts: • Introductory thoughts • Part 1 1. What Deep and Wide Youth Ministry is Not (pages 3-4) It is not just another approach to youth ministry I found it interesting that the thesis tries to convince us that “Deep and Wide Youth Ministry is not a gimmick or a method” (3) and then goes on to use words like “X-factor” (gimmick) and argues the necessity of this particular approach to ministry (method). Okay, it’s not a “method” in the strictest sense of describing exactly what needs to be happening in your ministry, but DWYM is talked ...
05.14.08

Examining Dare 2 Share’s Deep and Wide Youth Ministry Thesis: Part 1
Youth Ministry (8)
Previous Posts: • Introductory thoughts Before I begin, I would like to applaud Dare 2 Share (D2S) for making their Deep and Wide Youth Ministry Thesis available for free rather than turning it into a book or a training tour that you have to pay to get access to (and if they do decide to do either of those things, that’s fine as long as we can still have access to the free stuff). If there is anything in the world that should be open-source, it should be things related to Christian ministry. I hope youth ...