Month: September 2015
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A Great Agreement
Recently a friend of mine shared his story of how his teenage son wanted an iPhone, so they came up with an agreement on the terms and conditions of having the phone. It’s a beautiful contract through which parents have conveyed their love to their son. He shared the agreement with me and gave me…
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Five Helpful Articles on a Darker Subject
Depression is not a topic many of us want to think about but it’s a real issue among some of the people we work with. Many of us don’t understand the complexities of this condition that affects so many these days. Here are some excellent resources to learn more. The Rebelution website of the Harris…
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Spiritual Growth for Tweens in Transition (Part Two)
Continued from Part One by Dr. Rob Rienow of Visionary Family Ministries Mission #2: Welcome and integrate children into the full life of the church, beginning with the weekly worship service. In the Scriptures we find a second method that God has prescribed for the discipleship of children. In both the Old and New Testaments…
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Spiritual Growth for Tweens in Transition (Part One)
By Dr. Rob RienowVisionary Family Ministries We have a new group of people in the church today. They have always been with us, but now we have a name for them – “tweens.” These young people are somewhere between fourth and seventh grade, and often find themselves awkwardly caught between the world of childhood and…
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Get into the word, not into the theme
The following is a guest post from Ken Moser. http://www.effectiveyouthministry.com/ http://kmoserblog.wordpress.com/ It seems that the phrase “Bible study group” is a common part of ministry. Many youth ministries have Bible study groups. It is, hopefully, a time to get into the word of God. However, do they really get into the word? I know of…
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Fall Events
Our fall events always follow a theme within which we give the speakers the choice of what portions of scripture to teach from. This fall at Mondo and Regenerate, the theme is very much along the lines of…
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Parents, Grandparents, and well adjusted teens.
The wsj.com had a fascinating short article recently about a study that was published online in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Having no idea what orthopsychiatry was, I discovered it is “the branch of psychiatry concerned with the study and prevention of mental or behavioral disorders, with emphasis on child development and family life.”. Now…
