One of the many great blogs that I regularly read is that of Dana Boyd. She posted at the weekend about the outcomes of the Lori Drew trial in the USA. For those who might not remember, wikipedia explains: Megan Meier was an American teenager… who committed suicide in October 2006. Her suicide was attributed [...]
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Youth Work Links for 25th November to 1st December
These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 25th November to 1st December. For more related links, check out my links page A New Kind of Youth Ministry – Lev’s Blog – BLOGGING ON LIFE, CHRISTIANITY, CHURCH, YOUTH MINISTRY AND RANDOM STUFF! Emerging youth’s Weblog – EngageWorship – Resources [...]
Digital Youth Work Predictions
MAS over at The (Late) Breakfast Society has posted a collection of predictions for how online youth work could develop over the next 12 months. Below is a slideshow of some of the predictions, but it’s worth clicking through to the post to read the rest of his comments. He says: Overall there’s a sense [...]
Reflections on Youthwork The Conference
I meant to post this on Monday, but didn’t really get round to writing it! I have to say, I really enjoyed this year’s conference. The theme was ‘Deeper’, and was focused on looking after and nurturing your own soul (instead of simply giving out all the time). I actually found the theme refreshing and [...]
Linkage
Sorry about the vast amount of “youth work links” posts recently. I’ve been using the WordPress Postalicious plugin to automatically publish posts when I add enough new links to my Delicious account. Obviously I’ve been adding too many links, so I’ve changed the settings to only publish once a week. You should now get a [...]
Youth Work Links for 24th November from 14:25 to 20:23
These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 24th November from 14:25 to 20:23. For more related links, check out my links page Welcome to assemblies.org.uk – Children Matter! – Christians working together for children Echo the Story – Discover the Art of Bible Story Telling Youth Work Central [...]
Youth Work Links for 20th November to 24th November
These are my youth work, youth ministry and schools work links for 20th November through 24th November. For more related links, check out my links page How Boys and Girls Learn Differently | America’s Schools | Reader’s Digest – David Chadwell, the country’s first—and only—state coordinator of single gender education, walks us through the gender [...]
“Who Are You” YouTube Campaign
I posted last week about Barnardo’s Children In Trouble Campaign. I’ve since had various discussions with people who feel that whilst the sentiment of the campaign is great, the shock tactics could perhaps have been better replaced by actually showing young people in a positive light. MAS posted his response here and later updated it [...]