In the six years I’ve taught Youth and Family Ministry at Augsburg College, I’ve noticed a decrease in the number of students in our program. However, I’ve also seen an increase in the number of students across the college who are interested in and involved with youth ministry in some form. These students want to […]
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This past weekend I had the honor to gather once again with many, many, many youth ministers from across the ELCA. These folks are volunteers, part-timers, full-timers, rostered lay-leaders and ordained clergy. They are young and they are old. They are liberal, moderate and conservative and it is beautiful! Best of all, these folks really, […]
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Let me preface this by saying that I am absolutely grateful to be living in a democracy and by no means does this post imply that I want a revolution in America. But I’m curious . . . The April 6 Youth Movement is credited with being the force behind the events we’ve watched unfold […]
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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 […]
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