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Book Synopsis Poetic Youth Ministry by : Jason Lief
Download or read book Poetic Youth Ministry written by Jason Lief and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current research shows what many in the Christian community already know: young people are leaving the church. This raises important questions: Why are young people leaving? How can the church respond? Some have responded to this issue out of a posture of fear and anxiety, trying to find new ways to strengthen doctrinal beliefs or practices of faith formation and discipleship. What if the best response isn't to strengthen our theology or tighten our hold on the lives of young people? What if the best response is a posture of love that lets young people go? Using the insights of philosopher Charles Taylor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Poetic Youth Ministry argues that the church must take seriously the formative power of social and cultural patterns that shape the social imaginaries of young people. Rather than seeing the problem as young people abandoning faith, the Christian community should see the issue as young people exchanging one form of faith for another. This allows the church to approach the issue from a posture of love, calling young people to embrace their identity in the new humanity revealed in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Book Synopsis Redeeming Heartache by : Dan B. Allender, PLLC
Download or read book Redeeming Heartache written by Dan B. Allender, PLLC and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find freedom and healing from painful memories and relational struggles and learn how your past has uniquely prepared you to experience more joy. Tragedy and pain inevitably touch our lives in some way. We long to feel whole, but more often than not, the way we've learned to deal with our wounds pushes us away from the very restoration we need most. Renowned psychologist Dr. Dan Allender and counselor and teacher Cathy Loerzel present a life-changing process of true connection and healing with ourselves, God, and others. With a clear, biblically trustworthy method, Allender and Loerzel walk you through a journey of profound inner transformation--from the shame and hurt of old emotional wounds to true freedom and healing. Drawn from modern research and their pioneering work at The Allender Center, they will help you identify your core trauma in one of the three outcast archetypes--the widow, orphan, or stranger--and chart your path of growth into the God-given roles of priest, prophet, or leader. This book will help you learn: What to do about feeling out-of-place and directionless How your coping mechanisms create a false sense of health How to embrace your divine calling and find lasting reconciliation How your heart wounds are your unique invitation to true strength and purpose. Your past pain does not dictate your life. Answer the call to healing and discover your life's beautiful story and a future of hope and freedom.
Book Synopsis Ministry Via Poetry (The Art of Poetic-Ministry) by : Minister Sherry F Hales
Download or read book Ministry Via Poetry (The Art of Poetic-Ministry) written by Minister Sherry F Hales and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-16 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been written with the intent of expressing God's ability to reach down from heaven and into the lives of His children regardless of what the circumstances may be. I hope you enjoy reading: Ministry via Poetry (The Art of Poetic-Ministry)!
Book Synopsis The Pastor as Minor Poet by : M. Craig Barnes
Download or read book The Pastor as Minor Poet written by M. Craig Barnes and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today s pastors often expected to be multitasking marvels who can make their churches "successful" are understandably confused about their role. Craig Barnes contends that the true calling of a pastor is to assist others in becoming fully alive in Christ to be a "minor poet." The pastor absorbs the wisdom of major poets the biblical poets as well as the church s theological poets and distills its essence for parishioners. / The Pastor as Minor Poet calls pastors to continually search for a deeper, truer understanding of what they see both in the text of Scripture and in the text of their parishioners' lives. Discerning the subtexts beneath these texts reveals the core truths that allow pastors to preach the heart of the Word and to understand the hearts of the people to whom they minister. Written with a seasoned pastor s depth of understanding and a poet's sensibility and sensitivity, this book will minister to and inspire pastors everywhere.
Book Synopsis Australian Evangelical Perspectives on Youth Ministry by : Ruth Lukabyo
Download or read book Australian Evangelical Perspectives on Youth Ministry written by Ruth Lukabyo and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a unique contribution to the study of children's and youth ministry, displaying the rich theological thinking that is developing amongst Australian evangelical scholars. Many of the writers have previously presented at the Youthworks "House" conference, which promotes "theological reflection for best practice in youth and children's ministry in a community of youth and children's ministers." The themes explored in this book are vitally important to pastors seeking to nurture young people as disciples of Jesus. Thirteen evangelical scholars answer questions such as: How can biblical theology shape a young person's view of themselves? What is the biblical definition of church and how does this shape our understanding of intergenerational gatherings, family, and community? How should young Christians interact with the culture around them? And how do biblical teachings on sin, grace, and wisdom provide young people with the resources to live in today's world? You will be challenged to reconsider how theology and exegetical study of the Bible can mold your priorities, principles, and presumptions as you exercise ministry to and with young people.
Download or read book To Mend the World written by Jason Lief and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Mend the World: A New Vision for Youth Ministry, based on the premise that the old models of ministry are no longer working, brings together practical theology, Christian ministry, and social entrepreneurship to offer a thoughtful, robust theological perspective and practical insights for youth ministry that will thrive into the future.
Book Synopsis More Than Just Words by : Tara N. Trass
Download or read book More Than Just Words written by Tara N. Trass and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-01-07 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to confront the issues of your past that you have tried to cover up? It's time to shatter the secrecy of sin that has given power to your feelings of guilt and shame. The enemy would have you believe that you are the only one who has experienced what you have gone through; that you are hopeless and helpless; or that God is disappointed in you. That could not be further from the truth! God loves you unconditionally. You are about to embark upon a journey from hurt to healing, from misery to ministry, and from pain to purpose. As you witness the author's transformation through narration and poetry, you too will discover who you really are and give voice to your silent screams. You will be inspired to dream again and encouraged to fulfill your destiny.
Book Synopsis Jesus Loves You and Evolution Is True by : Jason Lief
Download or read book Jesus Loves You and Evolution Is True written by Jason Lief and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science is not a danger to the faith of Christian youth. In fact, Sara Sybesma Tolsma, an award-winning scientist, and Jason Lief, a leading practical theologian, argue that youth ministry needs science to help young people explore their relationship to God and engage their world faithfully. Jesus Loves You and Evolution Is True invites the church and its leaders to open their minds and hearts to what science can tell us about our human lives and our connections to, and role in, our natural world. But it does not stop there: evolutionary science is theological, argues Lief and Tolsma, and so it must have a central place in the day-to-day work of youth ministry. If the church wants to help youth develop robust spiritual lives and prepare them for the challenges that life will bring them, pastors, faith leaders, and youth workers must not only engage science but embrace its lessons for the life and practice of Christian faith today.
Book Synopsis Torment of the Poetic Spirit by : Elaine Lerato Madisa Sadie
Download or read book Torment of the Poetic Spirit written by Elaine Lerato Madisa Sadie and published by Pharos Books. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elaine S.L Madisa is a young Christian poet of 24 years old from Morwa. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and public Administration degree at the University of Botswana. Poetry started out as a hobby for her at Raserura English Medium primary level and grew to a passion around junior school. She is part of Glorious cloud arts group which has been a beneficiary platform for her work. Raised by a single parent this has motivated her to work hard to achieve her goals and dreams. Her mother is of great support so is the rest of her extended family and friends. True Light Ministries church under leader of her spiritual Father Bishop simon Tau has been a good source of support for her poetry. She has done recitals at different social and corporate platforms and is still eager to do more. Elaine is passionate about women and youth empowerment and hopes to use poetry as a tool to motivate youth in arts. Poetry is now a calling, passion and ministry to heal and inspire lives for her.
Book Synopsis Poetic Qures for the Youth by : "Q"Taylor
Download or read book Poetic Qures for the Youth written by "Q"Taylor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Q” Taylor’s Poetic Qures for the Youth presents a collection of poems designed to provide understanding and guidance to young people. It seeks to prepare them for unfortunate yet common social problems that they might first encounter when they attend high school. Covering topics that include peer pressure, bullying, drugs, working, and spirituality, among others, these verses may aid any teen in meeting the daily challenges of young adult life. Taylor’s goal is to positively empower the youth by helping them to discover new ways of seeing things that might normally trip them up and to view these challenges in a more positive light. For example, in “Brighter Days,” he explains that despite the storms and dark clouds, better days are coming. “Enjoying Life” makes clear that even though there may be much turmoil surrounding us, it’s important to make the best of our lives today. Poetic Qures for the Youth offers youth a tangible way to direct their thoughts and feelings in a more positive way while acknowledging that life is not always easy.
Download or read book Youth Poets written by Korina M. Jocson and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youth Poets documents an ethnographic study of the literacy learning of urban high school youth in June Jordan's Poetry for the People program. The book emphasizes how seven students adopted empowering literacies as they read, wrote, published, and performed poetry in and outside of school. Using a sociocultural and critical framework on literacy and pedagogy, the book focuses on the experiences of urban youth - from their own perspectives - to examine the various processes, products, and practices associated with poetry. It contributes to current research on literacy pedagogy in urban contexts, and further grounds connections between poetry production and academic and critical literacies. Not only does the research presented here support the use of poetry in itself, but it makes a case for the ways in which poetry can lead to transformative possibilities in diverse and multicultural classrooms.
Download or read book The Five Questions written by Jos de Kock and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research in youth ministry has excelled and developed rapidly over the last four decades. Youth ministry is not just a church practice, but has become an emerging academic discipline, with a variety of methodological, theoretical, and contextual approaches. This academic handbook offers an assessment of contemporary youth ministry research to assist students doing bachelor, master, and doctoral research, and youth ministry scholars, in their studies of youth ministry. By examining youth ministry research through the lens of the following five fundamental questions, the reader is challenged to engage with state-of-the-art theory, methods, and findings from current youth ministry research: • Who are the youth in youth ministry? • Where is God in youth ministry? • What is the purpose of youth ministry? • Who is the youth minister in youth ministry? • How to research practices in youth ministry? The academic handbook is a must-read for everyone who is interested in systematic reflection on youth ministry and youth ministry research.
Book Synopsis The End of Youth Ministry? (Theology for the Life of the World) by : Andrew Root
Download or read book The End of Youth Ministry? (Theology for the Life of the World) written by Andrew Root and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is youth ministry actually for? And does it have a future? Andrew Root, a leading scholar in youth ministry and practical theology, went on a one-year journey to answer these questions. In this book, Root weaves together an innovative first-person fictional narrative to diagnose the challenges facing the church today and to offer a new vision for youth ministry in the 21st century. Informed by interviews that Root conducted with parents, this book explores how parents' perspectives of what constitutes a good life are affecting youth ministry. In today's culture, youth ministry can't compete with sports, test prep, and the myriad other activities in which young people participate. Through a unique parable-style story, Root offers a new way to think about the purpose of youth ministry: not happiness, but joy. Joy is a sense of experiencing the good. For youth ministry to be about joy, it must move beyond the youth group model and rework the assumptions of how identity and happiness are imagined by parents in American society.
Download or read book #ChurchToo written by Emily Joy Allison and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Emily Joy Allison outed her abuser on Twitter, she launched #ChurchToo, a movement to expose the culture of sexual abuse and assault utterly rampant in Christian churches in America. Not a single denomination is unaffected. And the reasons are somewhat different than those you might find in the #MeToo stories coming out of Hollywood or Washington. While patriarchy and misogyny are problems everywhere, they take on a particularly pernicious form in Christian churches where those with power have been insisting, since many decades before #MeToo, that this sexually dysfunctional environment is, in fact, exactly how God wants it to be. #ChurchToo turns over the rocks of the church's sexual dysfunction, revealing just what makes sexualized violence in religious contexts both ubiquitous and uniquely traumatizing. It also lays the groundwork for not one but many paths of healing from a religious culture of sexual shame, secrecy, and control, and for survivors of abuse to live full, free, healthy lives.
Book Synopsis Wide-Awake in God's World by : Graham D. Stanton
Download or read book Wide-Awake in God's World written by Graham D. Stanton and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an expressivist culture, effective engagement must acknowledge teenagers’ freedom to choose their own spiritual path. Yet, in an evangelical theology, faithful formation must hold on to biblical authority. As we seek to engage young people with the Bible, key questions need to be explored. Such questions include: how can pedagogical freedom be affirmed without undermining theological authority; and how can authority be asserted without diminishing personal freedom? This study explores a freedom–authority dialectic in theological dialogue with the educational philosophy of Maxine Greene. Greene’s reflection on the arts and the imagination are brought into conversation with insights from Charles Taylor, Garret Green, and Nicholas Wolterstorff. As a work of practical theology, the book concludes with a framework to shape the purpose, content, and values for Bible engagement in contemporary youth ministry.
Book Synopsis Real Food for the Soul through Poetry Poems and Prose by : Bettye G. Adamson
Download or read book Real Food for the Soul through Poetry Poems and Prose written by Bettye G. Adamson and published by Kingdom Builders Publications. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspirational book for serious pondering. It is engaging and filled with nuggets a lifetime long.
Book Synopsis Poetic Prescriptions for Pesky Problems by : Katherine Norland
Download or read book Poetic Prescriptions for Pesky Problems written by Katherine Norland and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norland explains that the prescriptions for the sufferings and challenges of life can be found only in the Scriptures. (Christian)
