All Editorial articles – Page 81
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IssuesYouth work is for life
Is there an age limit to great youth work? David Welch doesn’t think so. In fact, the exact opposite is true: the world needs more youth ministry lifers, who have progressed through the stages of youth ministry development, with learning and wisdom to offer.
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BlogA level results: what next?
It could be a stressful day today - Thursday 15th August - either because success has meant that the dream of a university place has now become real or because the route you thought you were about to follow now looks doubtful. Try not to be anxious. You can bring it in prayer to the Lord and you have many options, whatever your results.
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More love, less stuff
A word from Premier Childrenswork journalist Lucinda van der Hart.September 2012
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Ready-to-use Reflection: Lent
The 18th February 2015 is Ash Wednesday. You know when it comes around, because the day before you will have stuffed yourself with pancakes! Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the traditional time of fasting, confession and contemplation leading up to Easter. In recent years people have been rediscovering the spiritual riches of some of these ancient rhythms and seasons. Here’s a reflection to kick off Lent with your young people
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Ready-to-use Movie: The Lego Movie
‘Everything is awesome! Everything is cool when you’re part of a team!’ Let’s be honest, nobody outside of Denmark thought that a Lego movie
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IssuesWhy Raise Up Young Leaders?
How much of a priority is raising up young leaders in our youth work? In the first of a two-part series, OneLife executive director Pete Wynter tackles the fundamental questions surrounding leadership and young people and insists that as followers of Jesus, we are all called to lead.
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IssuesMinistry of Laughter
What place does humour have in our work with young people? Becca Dean explores the links between spirituality and laughter, and draws on her own research in this area to present practical tips on how to ensure humour builds relationships – not barriers – among teenagers.
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The Last Word: Redwoods and Lighthouses
I’m on holiday in Big Sur, California, as I write this. It’s on the central Californian coast, and is known for its massive sea cliffs and stunning vistas of the Pacific Ocean.
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IssuesThe Last Word
I think 11–14s are amazing, and are way under-appreciated as an age group. So, without reservation, I give you 12 things I love about working with young teenagers:
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IssuesQ&A: Richard Langmead
Urban Saints have appointed Richard Langmead as their new CEO. Editor Jamie Cutteridge spoke to him about his new role
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IssuesLaw and Land
In his second column on getting to grips with the Old Testament, Nick Shepherd unravels the themes of Law and Land.
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IssuesThe Youth Work Lab: Participation
Welcome to the Youth Work Lab: the place where key youth work theories are tried and tested by on-the-ground practitioners. Each month,
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IssuesThe Youth work Lab: Mentoring
Welcome to the Youth Work Lab: the place where key youth work theories are tried and tested by on-the-ground practitioners. Each month,
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IssuesYouth Work Lab: Self-directed learning
This year we’ve seen the Youthwork Summit, Youthwork the Conference and SoulNet all take time out from their regular slots in the Christian youth work training calendar. These conferences work hard at offering spaces that resource, inspire and challenge a nation of youth workers and they will be missed.
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IssuesYouth Work Lab: Mindfulness
Mindfulness has gone mainstream, even making the cover of Time Magazine. Over the last 20 years, mindfulness has stepped out of its religious roots, been secularised, simplified, and gone mainstream, to meet the need of the Western context. Mindfulness is fast becoming a go-to solution in the health service, occupational health and, increasingly, in education. There a number of resources, books, training courses and projects promoting mindfulness-based interventions and approaches.
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IssuesYouth Work Lab: Starting something new
Cuts, cuts and more cuts. We all know that the youth service, both statutory and voluntary, is being squeezed on a scale not seen for 50 years. There’s probably a youth service in your area which has had to reduce capacity or disappear altogether. We hear the constant refrain in the press that austerity has hit young people the hardest: youth unemployment is at an all-time high, as is the likelihood of young people living in low-income households (almost half a million of secondary school age young people live in poverty and poverty experienced in childhood is likely to carry on into adulthood).
