All Editorial articles – Page 103
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Kicking Off
A teenage boy, dressed in a green jumpsuit and mask, fights a gang of chain-wielding thugs. The hero puts up a mean defence but is eventually knocked down and soundly beaten before ending up in a hospital bed for six months. Later in the film the same hero enters a criminal’s hideout accompanied by a ten year-old girl and a rocket launcher.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Nelson Mandela
Let’s face it: it’s pretty difficult to sum up the impact and legacy of Nelson Mandela, let alone ground that in the reality of a young person’s existence! But let’s give it a go – here are a few ideas.
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IssuesReady-to-use Discussion: Fame
‘Everybody wants to be famous, nobody wants to be nameless,’ goes the Dizzee Rascal lyric. It seems this sums up the attitude of so much our culture.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: A New Start
New Year is an opportunity for a fresh start. For some people this means New Year’s resolutions: losing weight, learning to juggle, or perfecting the accordion. But others take it a step further, adopting new hairstyles, names or genders.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Droning on ...
When Amazon announced in 2013 that they were launching a new delivery system, it caused a bit of a furore. This new method was going
to be different – drone delivery, small unmanned aircrafts delivering your internet-ordered goods in just 30 minutes. Some people loved the idea, some people were nonplussed. -
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Moving On
Can you make an omelette? How about a stirfry? Ever tried to bleed a radiator? What about paying a gas bill? Like it or not, the future is coming. Life moves on far quicker than we expect, and we’ve got to be ready. At some point you’re going to strike out on your own, and the easiest way to move on is if you’re ready and prepared for it.
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IssuesReady-to-use Discussion: Free Speech
The world’s most controversial boxer and an opinion-dividing American politician have both been heavily chastised and ridiculed for their inappropriate comments. Tyson Fury and Donald Trump have prompted questions about the limits of freedom of speech and where to draw lines.
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IssuesReady-to-use Discussion: Privacy
Apple recently raised the issue of data security and digital privacy when they contested a court order by the FBI to access data on a terrorist’s iPhone.
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IssuesReady-To-Use Discussion: The EU Referendum
On June 23rd adults in Britain will vote to either stay in or leave the European Union. For the first time since 1975, voters will have a say on the UK’s membership of Europe’s political club which includes 28 countries.
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IssuesReady-To-Use Discussion: Sabbath
Horray for holidays! What a great opportunity to relax, re-evaluate, have a lot of fun and prepare for next term.
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Lasting discipleship
With the numbers of 18-30s in our churches at an all-time low, what does that tell us about the effectiveness of youth ministry? Jo Derry asks experts and practitioners how we can think beyond the teenage years, and invest in young people now to encourage their long-term spiritual growth.
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IssuesFormational Discipleship
Ivy Beckwith and David M Csinos, co-authors of Children’s Ministry in the Way of Jesus, explain what it means to help a child become formed as a disciple of Jesus.
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IssuesLasting Discipleship
With the numbers of 18-30s in our churches at an all-time low, what does that tell us about the effectiveness of youth ministry? Jo Derry asks experts and practitioners how we can think beyond the teenage years, and invest in young people now to encourage their long-term spiritual growth.
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IssuesNine ways to respond to teenagers mourning the loss of One Direction
After whispers and rumours for weeks, last night the news finally broke: One Direction are going on a break. Obviously this is the biggest thing to happen to the world of youth culture in a long time; fortunately, Jamie Cutteridge is on hand with some advice…
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IssuesStephen Hawking speaks out on One Direction
Professor Stephen Hawking speaking at the Sydney Opera House, responding to a journalist’s question about Zayn leaving One Direction. This might be the year’s most crucial piece of youth ministry advice.
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IssuesOne Direction
One Direction caused a row this month, when parents of a school in Ireland asked the school to change the date of its First Communion,
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BlogNine ways to respond to teenagers mourning the loss of One Direction
After whispers and rumours for weeks, last night the news finally broke: One Direction are going on a break. Obviously this is the biggest thing to happen to the world of youth culture in a long time; fortunately, Jamie Cutteridge is on hand with some advice…
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IssuesDigital Etiquette
A teenager’s online world has its own standards – many of which can strike us as alarmingly detached from acceptable off-line behaviour. Youthwork’s journalist Phoebe Thompson examines the internet code of honour, and offers some practical suggestions for your engagement with teens online.
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IssuesCan you dig it?
I have this exit strategy in my head. It goes something like this: ‘If it all comes crashing down, I’ll grab the family (and the Mac), jump on the nearest train and head to a static caravan on the Island of Iona where I’ll live off wild rhubarb and the sound of monk’s chanting.’ Foolproof.
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IssuesDo Gap Years Make A Difference?
Many of us have sent young people off on gap years to various corners of the UK and the whole world with the best of intentions, but what are they achieving? Do gap years change the lives of the people they claim to serve, or are they a self-indulgent vanity project? Youthwork editor Phoebe Thompson speaks to the people who make those trips happen to find out.
