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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Truth 4 the Streets
My friends Craig and Zola Allen at BNB (Beats-N-Blessings) just produced a documentary about their innovative, music and arts-based youth development efforts in Queens. Enjoy the 10 minute preview here, and then rate the video at Youtube.
Targeted Advertising
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Perhaps Myspace saw this, or just received lots of disgruntled emails from Christians subscribers. But today I noticed a different kind of advertising when I logged into Myspace. Instead of the usual underwear clad teenage girl urging me to be “naughty,” I saw this:
Myspace’s targeted advertising department got the Christian part down. […]
On Teen Sex
Friday, June 20th, 2008One of the reasons I love the internet is its capacity to shrink the world so people can find each other and share ideas and resources across geographic, cultural, and other boundaries. Exhibit 786: a mother found the articles “Let’s Talk About Sex” and “Things We Don’t Talk About” when Googling, “Teenage Son Sexual […]
Monday Morning MP3 (Evening Edition)
Monday, June 16th, 2008
Dealing with the Spirit of Violence: A Holistic Ministry Approach to Servicing the Youth Gang Population
Blinky Rodriguez, UYWI 2007
The Spirit of Violence is attacking the minds of youth and young adults through every known air wave, (i.e., multi-media, video games etc.) A holistic approach to serving gangs begins first with building relationships before you can […]
Live from UYWI08: Empowering Indigenous Leadership
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Downloads
+ PowerPoint slides
+ “Embrace the Mess: Why Youth Must Lead Now” article (Willow Magazine, February 2008)
+ Co-presented with Rudy Carrasco
Tony Evans to Endorse 20/20 on May 29
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008A night for all pastors, church deacons and elders, youth ministers, educators, community leaders, and congregants still uncertain about 20/20 Vision for Schools or not sure what to do next in adopting a local school. Come hear Rev. Dr. Tony Evans of the Urban Alternative, a nationally recognized faith leader and President of the National […]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008- First, a preview of this weekend’s Everything Must Change event with Brian McLaren.
Brian Mclaren at Shift ‘08
Brian closed by encouraging the audience to see the Kingdom of God as having everything to do with how we tackle our world’s biggest problems: prosperity, equity, security, and religion. While salvation matters, Brian is concerned that the […]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Kara Powell at Shift ‘08
Powell stood next to a table piled high with ministry books and resources. She asked, with so many resources available to us why are our students falling away at such alarming rates? Her thought: the more resources we have the less desperate and dependent upon God we feel. And we begin […]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Fatherless by Propaganda
A moving spoken work piece by a friend of UYWI
Monday Morning MP3
Monday, April 14th, 2008
Urban Youth Ministry is Like… Considering Metaphors For Urban Youth Work
by Dan Hodge, Amy Jacober, Gregg Moder, Dean Borgman, and James Dekker
A “fish bowl” community conversation with youth ministry educators on metaphors for urban youth ministry. Listen in on the conversation and then participate with these educators from around the country on the topic.
Courtesy: Urban […]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Aim lower! Think smaller! Give up! Go have a cup of coffee!
Great perspective, in line with why 20/20 Vision for Schools matters so much.
HT: Ben
20/20 Prayer Guides Now Online
Monday, April 7th, 2008“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” - 2 Chronicles 7:14
Phase 1 of the 20/20 Adoption Matrix is to select one school […]
Toward a Prophetic Youth Ministry
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008The Coalition’s own Fernando Arzola, Jr. — Deputy Chair of the Department of Youth Ministry and Christian Education at Nyack College — published Toward a Prophetic Youth Ministry: Theory and Praxis in Urban Context this month with InterVarsity Press. Much love for the Coalition’s shout-out in the acknowledgment section!
Heed the advice of Bart Campolo […]
Growing Up Online
Friday, March 14th, 2008John Liotti and Chris Brooks scooped me on this, but PBS Frontline continued it’s must-view documentary look at youth culture and media in a new series called “Growing up Online.” It basically picks up where “Merchants of Cool” left off five or so years ago. It’s must-see TV for anyone interested in youth […]
The Kingdom is Near: Salvation from a Teenage Runaway
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Excerpted from my chapter “Who is my Neighbor” in Deep Justice in a Broken World.
The knots in my stomach tightened. As the distance between us grew, I could feel the color leave my face. “You hypocrite,” I thought. “So busy with ministry that you pretend not to notice?”
Truthfully, I had noticed. In fact, I saw […]