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Willow Creek Embraces the Mess
Thursday, January 24th, 2008The latest issue of Willow magazine, published by Willow Creek Association, features my article “Embrace the Mess: Why Youth Must Lead Now.” Here’s an excerpt. It felt like a mutiny. As an official youth group, we were still young  not yet two years old  and our teens were even younger spiritually. Most were [...]
Xcel and Xpress cofounders featured in new Bible
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20/20 Vision for School (Part 4 of 4)
Thursday, January 10th, 2008This is the final excerpt of my January 2008 article in the Tri-State Voice regarding the Coalition’s new adopt-a-school initiative. + Part 3 + Part 2 + Part 1 _________________________ SIDEBAR: “Case Study: How one church adopted a neighborhood school” In July 1996, thirteen youths from Abounding Grace Ministries established Generation Xcel as a neighborhood [...]
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Former Xcel Staff Gives Keynote Speach at ACS Graduation
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Former Generation Xcel site director Rafael Santiago recently graduated as a Child Protective Case Worker for NYC’s Administration for Children’s Services. His classmates and instructors selected him from over 450 new case workers to speak at graduation to an audience that included guests, departmental leaders, and the agency Commissioner. From the ACS website: “Being a [...]
Why Not?
Monday, November 19th, 2007“… Since my agenda wasn’t working anyway, I ditched it at the next meeting, situated the chairs in a circle, told the group what I was feeling, and asked them to do the same. What surfaced surprised me. The youth felt bored not because they wanted to pull away, but because they wanted more. “Many [...]
Time to be vulnerable
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Embrace the Mess: Why Youth Must Lead Now
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