All Editorial articles – Page 75
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BlogReclaiming participation
This week, Dan Crouch presents four reasons why the future of youth ministry rests on participation.
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IssuesQ & A: Rob Parsons
One person who knows a thing or two about families is Rob Parsons. Founder of Care for the Family, Rob is passionate about the centrality of family life to all that we are as individuals, and society as a whole. He chatted to co-editor Phoebe Thompson about Care for the Family’s work, why family is so crucial and how to nurture faith at home.
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IssuesYoung People and their Parents
Young people are more affected by their dad’s attendance at church than their mum’s, but parent’s attendance has more impact on each other than it does on young people.
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IssuesWhat's the point of the parachurch?
Jenny Baker talks to the leaders of Christian organisations and asks: is the parachurch a brilliant support to the local church, or a drain on its resources?
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IssuesPaper Towns
Paper towns is not a love story. While the film revolves around the relationship between Quentin (known as Q) and Margo, it’s not a love story.
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IssuesPaddington
Paddington has led the way, mixing classic children’s book and TV shows with politics, but what if others followed suit?
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IssuesOutdated?
Pity the poor 20-something Christian in our society. Bombarded on one side by a media and culture that urges them to have uncommitted sex at any opportunity, and on the other by a Church that tells them sharply that they should not (but they should get married and have a family), it can be a struggle. There are loads of books out there advising those trying to navigate the romantic pitfalls of modern society in a Christian way. But are they any good? Our resident 20-somethings explore these resources and reveal something of their own battles in the fields of love...
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IssuesYoung, Safe and Online
Child internet safety expert Simon Bass, CEO of CCPAS, unpacks how to ensure the children you work with remain safe online.
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IssuesYouth work problems: Only one young person
What is this? Welcome to our brand new youth work problems page! A place where your questions and problems are answered by seasoned youth workers and practitioners.
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BlogThe old-fashioned revolution
By now, faithful blog readers, you'll be more than familiar with Martin Saunders' call for a youth ministry revolution, and what that might look like. But why do we even care about and want a revolution? Mark Walley wonders if we we're all missing something
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BlogOlaf the Snowman
The only thing less excusable than going to the cinema to see a Disney film on a Wednesday afternoon by yourself, is going to the cinema to see a Disney film on a Wednesday afternoon by yourself and laughing UNCONTROLLABLY loudly. So it was with me and Frozen.
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BlogThe time is now
Things take time. It's been five years since, as then-fairly-new editor of Youthwork magazine, I first expressed a desire to try to publish a magazine for Christian children's leaders, but the timing wasn't quite right. Travelling around, I'd heard many people express a frustration that our magazine was only focussed on teenagers, without really catering for the huge number of Christians who invest in the many under-11s in our churches and communities.
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IssuesNostalgic TV
A BBC report has suggested that the TV we feel nostalgic about may be the best indicator of our age.
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IssuesNorthern Young People
Last month, Labour MP Andy Burnham said that young people in the North-West of England have had it harder than other young people as their peers ‘take the mickey’ when they express ambitions to be a doctor, lawyer or politician.
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