All Editorial articles – Page 136
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IssuesReleasing the Generations
Relationships between generations in – and outside of - the Church can be complex. However, Bishop Graham Cray argues that our faith is a ‘generation to generation’ one; we need adults who will teach, encourage, and get out of the way when the time is right, and young people who will listen, learn and lead.
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IssuesGenerosity
A resource for incorporating spiritual practices in your work with children, from Ian Adams and Carolyn Edwards
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Ready-to-use Rhythms: Generosity
Living generously takes our everyday walking, buying, eating and chatting and turns it on its head. It takes our connection with injustice and gives us the resources to do something about it. Living generously takes the stuff we own, the stuff we love and makes it exciting.
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Ready-to-use Rhythms: Generosity
‘Let us not just be satisfied with giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So spread your love everywhere you go.’ Mother Teresa’s words epitomise what it is to live generously. Financial giving is obviously important, and the Bible tells us to be generous with our money but only as well as our time, compliments and acts of service. Generosity is a way of life, and if we were to live our lives in this way, how much more would our broken world begin to reflect God’s perfect kingdom?
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IssuesReady-to-use mentoring: Get out of the office
‘Learning by doing’ is a hugely important principle in contemporary youth work and specifically in mentoring. It embodies the wisdom that is a few years old now, around the shift from a believe-behave-belong faith development to a belong-believe-behave progression.
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Schools work: Getting started
Alex Taylor explores how to begin working with your local primary school.
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IssuesThe holy spirit: God, Person & Gift
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.
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IssuesThe girl with no name
The stories of David, Joseph and Samuel are often used to help children think about how God can use their lives now. Here, Howard Worsley
looks at a different story you might not have even noticed; about a young girl who was strategic to the Kingdom -
IssuesRaising the volume of hope for girls: Launching the UK Girl manifesto
Yesterday, I gazed into the eyes of my new-born niece Ruby. She (and many other baby girls) are entering our world at a time when girls’ self-esteem has plummeted because of what psychologist Steve Biddulph describes as a ‘war on girlhood’. I want Ruby to know that she’s loved, redeemed and chosen for a special purpose.
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IssuesThe Trouble with Girls
Educationalist and author of 21st Century Girls Sue Palmer unravels what makes girls unique, equipping you to work with them more effectively.
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IssuesThe Trouble with Teenage Girls
Eight years ago I was a teenager (that’s really not too long ago, right, she said, clinging desperately to her youth) but I’m becoming more and more aware of just how much life has changed for girls and young women in such a short space of time.
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IssuesQ&A: Joe Gisbey
Assistant leader of Arun Community Church and author of Follow, Joe Gisbey’s life was turned around after an encounter with God, following a struggle with anorexia. He chatted to editor Phoebe Thompson about where it all began, and the day his life was transformed.
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IssuesMentoring: Never Giving Up
It’s not often that I’m met by a wall of paparazzi flashes when leaving XLP’s offices. After being shouted at to get out of the way, I accepted that perhaps they were more interested in Will and Kate than they were in me…
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IssuesYou might be glorious!
When we think of Jesus, how often do we remember that he was only 30 years old when he began his public ministry? If he had come on the scene in 2016 he’d be part of the much studied, ballyhooed, and often maligned Millenial generation. Perhaps he’d be tied to his phone and posting parables on Instagram instead of teaching people on hillsides.
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BlogGo West...with a grateful heart
I was at a wedding over the weekend, and on popped the stone-cold Paul Simon classic, ‘You can call me Al,’ much to the delight of just about everyone present. Except me.
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BlogHolding on and letting go
On the back of Jo Dolby's Balancing Act feature in this month's magazine, we have a series of blogs on tension and paradox within youth ministry. This week, Jo Whitehead of CYM looks at holding on and letting go.
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IssuesLet's Go Surfing
Youth work can be a bit like surfing: a lot of effort without much reward. But – as international author and speaker Danielle Strickland says – the wave is worth it, and, in time, we can learn to love the waiting too.
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Issues“I want to go out and help young people”
Artur is a pupil at a North London grammar school with a keen interest in team sports, foreign languages and helping others. Artur is interviewed by Tadz Billam, a youth worker who has worked for various churches and charities and is interested in inclusive and emerging ministries, cycling and folk music. Tadz interviewed Artur around the subject of outreach in the project that he and Tadz volunteer with called Million Minutes, which explores detached youth work in a Catholic context.
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IssuesReady-to-use Movie: Next Goal Wins
American Samoa spent nearly two decades at the bottom of FIFA’s international rankings, and earned the reputation as the worst football team in the world. After losing 31-0 to Australia, morale is low and Thomas Rongen, a Dutch Football coach, is brought in to offer some professional advice and coaching. He attempts the impossible, to lead American Samoa to their first victory.
