All Editorial articles – Page 128
-
IssuesPetition for schools to educate on FGM
A fast-growing petition is calling on education secretary Michael Gove to help end female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK.
-
IssuesReforming religious education
Reform is a fascinating word. At its simplest, the word means to make changes to something in order to improve it. This is exactly the quest of the Welsh government as it endeavours to reform Religious Education in its classrooms in a bid to help protect young people from extremists. At the heart of this reform is a change of name for the subject. A recent ITV news article explains that Huw Lewis, Minister for Education and Skills in the Welsh Government believe that effective teaching of a subject he has titled ‘Religion, Philosophy and Ethics’ could equip young people in Wales with a level of knowledge and understanding that means they would not be vulnerable to extremists.
-
IssuesThe Real Meaning of Eggs
The Real Meaning of Eggs. Do cultural Easter symbols such as lambs and eggs have any relevance to the biblical story? Ian White explores…
-
Issues"That was the Election that was"
The 2015 General Election is likely to go down as one of the most surprising electoral outcomes in recent history. Throughout the campaign the opinion polls told us that the Conservatives and Labour were ‘neck and neck’ and that the outcome of the election would be a hung parliament.
-
IssuesPremier Youthwork Investigates: The US Election
As I write this, Donald Trump has been our President-elect in the United States for roughly 17 hours. Today looks so very different to this time yesterday. While I don’t know your personal leanings in Brexit, I imagine I’m experiencing something at least a bit like some of you experienced.
-
Blog
The electric touchline
I found my favourite football pitch last week. It had a big slope, the grass was rubbish and it wasn’t very big. However, one feature made it stand head and shoulders above every other pitch I’ve ever played on. One of the touchlines was an electric fence.
-
Issues
Jamie vs. Toy: The Uggly’s Electronic Pup-Pet
From £29.99. Warning – the following review contains multiple uses of the word ‘fart’.
-
Issues
Toy Review: The Ugglys Electronic Pup-Pet
From £29.99. Warning – the following review contains multiple uses of the word ‘fart’.
-
IssuesShoot the Elephant
For many of us, leadership is a by-product of youth ministry. Our vocation is dictated by our passion for young people rather than a desire to lead others and, as such, we focus more on developing our work with teenagers than we do our leadership skills. So, welcome to Leadership 101, a page where each month we’ll unpack an issue we face as leaders, and offer some guidance to traverse it.
-
IssuesThe Elephant Room
We need to talk about some things. There are a few issues in youth ministry that for reasons of awkwardness, pride or taboo, simply never get discussed. When they do, we limit ourselves to pat answers and hypothetical, third-person examples. And because of all this awkward silence, none of these things get solved. So it’s time for some radical honesty, time to talk about the things we don’t talk about. Welcome to The Elephant Room.
-
IssuesYouth ministry in the emerging realities
In a rapidly changing world, Fuzz Kitto asks: how can we help prepare young people for lifelong faith in a future that none of us can fully anticipate?
-
IssuesNicky Gumbel: Three Ways to Empower the Next Generation
I am so grateful to Jonathan Fletcher. When I first encountered Jesus in 1974, Jonathan met with me for three hours every week for a year, and regularly thereafter until I left university. He became a great friend. He taught me the Christian faith. He explained to me how to read the Bible and how to pray. He recommended Christian books and answered my questions. Even though I had only just encountered Jesus myself, he encouraged me to lead others to faith in Jesus and to straight away pass on what I was learning.
-
IssuesThe Youth Work Lab: Empowerment
Welcome to the Youth Work Lab: the place where key youth work theories are tried and tested by on-the-ground practitioners. Each month, the team from StreetSpace selects and explores a piece of youth work theory, and puts it to the test in creative and pioneering ways.
-
IssuesEncountering the Holy Spirit
This month’s meeting guides are about the Holy Spirit and the message is pretty clear to both you and your young people: don’t panic.
-
Issues
ENDER THE WORLD
Enjoyed The Hunger Games but wished it was set in space and involved more aliens?
-
BlogHow do we engage young people in modern society with the Gospel?
When it comes down to most things, the method is a key variable of the output. If you’re given the ingredients for a cake without any instruction of how to prepare, the results are often poor (see the technical challenge on the Great British Bake Off).
-
BlogHow can we engage young people without professionals?
Earlier today, when asked whose responsibility it was to ensure the Church was reaching out to young people, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was unequivocal in his answer: ‘Everyone’s. Any church that leaves things to the ‘professionals’ is committing missionary suicide. This is the responsibility of every single Christian, always, everywhere. What draws people in is, above all, community.’ We asked youth ministry consultant Ali Campbell how churches without professionals can engage with young people…
-
BlogEngaging high-achieving young people
This, I'm sure, won’t come as any surprise, but young people are not all the same. There is no ‘quintessential young person.’ Try as we might by pouring over manuals and websites, we will not discover the perfect cookie cutter youth program. The scope of the variety of young people is as broad as humanity itself!
-
BlogYoung people and technology: Engaging with young people online
How do we connect with young people, in an authentic and non-cringey way? Steven Harper shares his thoughts
