All Editorial articles – Page 94
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Faith to Faith
In an increasingly multicultural society, many of us feel the need to broaden our youth work and engage across cultural and religious boundaries – but don’t know how. CEO of The Feast, Tim Fawssett, explains what our relationships with those of other faiths should look like, and gives some practical pointers for nurturing healthy dialogue between people of all backgrounds and cultures
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BlogFive foundations for faith that lasts
How do we equip young people to serve God faithfully for the long haul? Tim Alford, national director of Serious4God, shares his thoughts on how to create a faith that lasts.
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IssuesHelping faith to grow
Encouraging faith to develop at home can be a tricky experience. Time, resources, imagination and willingness can all be lacking, and parents or carers may have been put off by their own experiences as children – or may have had no experience at all when they were young. Over the next few issues, we want to help parents and carers to include faith exploration naturally, so that it fits effortlessly into daily life. Writer and children’s specialist, Victoria Beech, gives us some pointers to explore as we begin to think about this.
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IssuesWomen of faith
Inter-faith specialist Lois Gallagher provides an informed guide to understanding the culture and the needs of young Muslim women, and suggests practical ways in which youth workers can begin to journey alongside them, and reach them with the love of Christ...
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Faith schools
“It’s right to encourage faith communities to play their full part in building the capacity of our schools.” That’s the message from Prime Minister Theresa May who is ready to relax the laws on how faith schools select pupils. She wants to scrap the current rule which forces any oversubscribed faith school to limit the number of children it admits on grounds of them sharing the religion of the school. Some faith groups, including the Catholic Church, have been put off opening new schools for this reason. The Prime Minister’s comments have reignited the debate on faith schools and whether they work in today’s society. Here’s two conflicting thoughts:
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IssuesWill our young people have faith at university?
Another year over, another year group leaving. But how do we prepare our young people for the daunting prospect of university ahead? RZIM speaker and former student worker Michelle Tepper unpacks the importance of apologetics for nurturing a confident faith in the lives of our young people, as they head out into the unknown.
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IssuesTough Faith
How do we help children develop faith that won’t crumble when the going gets tough? Kay Morgan-Gurr outlines the key factors for spiritual resilience.
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Faith that Sticks
Scripture Union, Urban Saints and Oxford CYM continue their Sticky Faith tour this February, helping churches explore what makes faith stick in
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IssuesYouthwork Lab: Failure & Improvement
Have you spent the time writing and planning an engaging session for a Sunday morning, only to have no one turn up? Have you ever had a young person kick off so much in a youth club session that you called the police? Have you ever had to go to A&E with a young person? Have you ever arranged a trip, booked a minibus, only to find that, despite promises that young people were going to come, one car would have sufficed? Have you ever been chatting to other youth workers and exaggerated the numbers of young people you work with? Have you ever run a session with more leaders than young people? I have.
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The Ministry of Failure
I’ve developed a morbid obsession with late night Christian television. I’m pretty sure it’s not good for my soul, but at the end of a long day, I often can’t resist.
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