Most of what you read about the ELCA right now is dismal at best – decreasing membership, congregations withholding their usual benevolence to the ELCA, congregations leaving the ELCA, massive budget cuts, job cuts and serious restructuring. There are some glimpses of hope but the resulting anxiety was still very real at the ELCA Youth […]
Entries from January 25, 2011
ELCA Youth Ministry Network’s Extravaganza
January 25, 2011 · Comments Off on ELCA Youth Ministry Network’s Extravaganza · Uncategorized
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Living Water
January 14, 2011 · Comments Off on Living Water · Scripture
Jeremiah 17:5-8 5 Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord. 6 They shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when relief comes. They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, […]
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State of Youth
January 3, 2011 · Comments Off on State of Youth · Research
I was an undergrad in the early-mid 90’s and Search Institute’s “positive psychology” approach to youth development was the rage. Rather than focusing on the problems of our youth and the discrepancies in our services to youth, they were committed to uncovering those characteristics (of communities, families and individual youth) that lead to positive and […]
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