Archive for March, 2009

Youth Ministry and Evangelism

Posted: 19th March 2009 by Chris in Theology, Youth Ministry
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I’ve been guest blogging over at Scot McKnight’s Jesus Creed Blog on Thursday mornings.  You can read today’s post and enter into some great conversation on youth ministry and evangelism here: http://blog.beliefnet.com/jesuscreed/2009/03/youth-and-evangelism-chris-fol.html
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Over the last couple of weeks I have been in some terrific conversations about youth ministry and evangelism.  One youth worker from a [...]

Youth Ministry and Narrative Intelligence

Posted: 12th March 2009 by Chris in Church, Youth Ministry
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The more I thought about the conversations surrounding last weeks post on re-thinking mission in youth ministry, the more I thought about the need for youth workers to also be re-thinking the idea of narrative in youth ministry.
I am hearing a wonderful amount of chatter around ’story’ and the art of storytelling in youth ministry.  [...]

Working as a Team

Posted: 11th March 2009 by Chris in Consulting, Leadership, Training, Youth Ministry
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Below is a recent email I received.  Maybe some of you can help out Richard with your years of experience and expertise.  I’ve given him some of my quick and brief thoughts below.
Hi Chris,
I know you do consulting with YS.  Can you help me out?  I’m in my first year of youth ministry and I’m [...]

13 Ways To Help Your New Vol’s Plug In

Posted: 9th March 2009 by Chris in Training, Youth Ministry
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When our family moved from the Chicago area to Kansas City last summer we began attending a church called, Church of the Resurrection.  Our pastor is Adam Hamilton who is a brilliant communicator and very thoughtful writer.  His latest book is entitled, Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White: Thoughts on Religion, Morality [...]

Steve’s got a question…

Posted: 5th March 2009 by Chris in Youth Ministry
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Almost every week I get at least one person who has a question related to my book, something I have said at a conference, in a seminar or whatever.  Sometimes I just get general youth ministry questions like the one below.  I’ve decided to start posting the questions I receive to give the person asking [...]

Re-Thinking Mission in Youth Ministry

Posted: 5th March 2009 by Chris in Theology, Youth Ministry
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I’m certain that many of the people engaged in youth ministry think regularly about the mission and work before them.  Our unsettled culture and its itinerant nature require ongoing strategic thought and practice.
In order to avoid being characterized by what Nietzsche referred to as the “fundamental form of stupidity” (forgetting what you were trying to [...]