All NexGen Pro articles – Page 24
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Faith at homeBuilding blocks to faith development
My son looked at me wide-eyed. He’d clambered up the big climbing frame but didn’t know how to get down. “Mummeeeee!” he cried. “You’re fine,” I said. “Look, there’s a safe place for your foot here...Hold on to that bit there...One step at a time.” As his feet hit solid ...
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IssuesSam Wise: The Eagle has landed
Have you ever cried watching a film? How about reading a book? Or listening to a podcast? How about listening to a podcast while out running on a main road...in daylight? The answers for me to these oddly specific questions is of course yes (if you don’t cry at E.T. I worry about you), no, yes, yes and yes. Yep, that was me, running along the side of Hawk Hill listening to a podcast and having a little cry about it. Let me give you some details.
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Faith at homeStory for home: A fabulous feast
So Jesus was at a banquet. And in the midst of the eating (everyone makes eating noises) and the drinking (everyone makes glugging noises) and the conversation (everyone makes chatting noises), Jesus turned to the man who had invited him to the banquet and made what must have seemed like a surprising suggestion: “The ...
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Faith at homeForming faith rituals: Food, glory-us food
I love food. I love making things from scratch and experimenting with new recipes. I love how something that nourishes my body can also nourish my soul and spirit, so it should come as no surprise that I love using food in our faith-at-home rituals.
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IssuesIncels
When most of us were teenagers, the experience of being rejected by those we were attracted to was fairly common, and ultimately part of the adolescent experience. There was no wider narrative, no dark forces working behind the scenes to deny us the chance to get some ‘action’, just awkward teenage chat, hideous acne and the overwhelming smell of Lynx deodorant getting in our way. But no longer.?
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BlogHow authentic youth and children’s work could avoid future heartbreak
In light of Joshua Harris and Marty Sampson’s recent announcements, Ruth Jackson urges us to prioritise creating safe spaces for questions, doubts and objections
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BlogPreparing for results day
With GCSE and A Level exam results on the horizon, teacher Tom Wade shares some helpful advice
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BlogHow far would you go to attract families to church?
Rochester Cathedral have installed a crazy golf course in their nave this summer. But should we be using places of worship for activities like this in order to welcome children and families into church?
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BlogBishops urge church leaders to prioritise young people
The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, recently said that he hopes whoever takes over as the new Archbishop when he retires will “see that work with young people is the top priority”. The Bishop of Kensington, Graham Tomlin, seems to agree
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IssuesChildren's stories
Too often we think of time away as when teenagers make a commitment, but they’re by no means the only ones God is at work in
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IssuesThe “erm, what next? ” flowchart of post Soul Survivor options
In the next year, hundreds of youth workers and thousands of young people are going to have to make a pretty big decision… “Erm, what next?” The end of Soul Survivor leaves a big gap in some of our diaries, but fortunately YCW is on hand with a quick, personalised guide to where you could head next summer.
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IssuesThe Soul story
My first experience of Soul Survivor freaked me out. I grew up in a Christian home but had never really heard of the Holy Spirit, so my 14-year-old self was utterly devoid of boxes within which to place the bizarre manifestations I saw happening all around me. What on earth was going on? Why were so many young people laughing, crying, shaking and falling over?
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BlogNew report reveals fears that “childhood is getting worse”
The country is “sleepwalking into a crisis in childhood” according to Action for Children.
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BlogHow to be a family friendly church? It might involve nappies...
Annie Wilmott asks, who has your back when your toddler poos through their clothes? The answer, she discovered, was her community. And that has a lot to teach us about being a family-friendly church.
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BlogThe low-down on Stormzy
Following the success of his Glastonbury headline performance, we ask Nathan Jones how the UK grime artist who openly wears his faith on his sleeve has made it to new career heights.
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IssuesThe theory of everyone
If you believe that children are the Church of tomorrow, does that mean you believe that the elderly are the Church of yesterday?
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Faith at homeStory for home: Give a little gift
Here is a story for you to tell at home, perhaps at bedtime or as part of a God time during the day.
