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Glee and the “Grilled Cheesus” episode – The Supreme Court and truth of religion in public schoolsEver have that experience when you are listening to the radio or watching a television show and you know you are in the midst of a serious ‘water cooler’ moment? Back in the 90′s, episodes of “ER” and “Friends” evoked such ‘water cooler’ moments: entertainment that was sold as pop entertainment yet hit some nerve in the collective zeitgeist that once you got to work the next day everyone was … There’s more to read here.
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The danger of MTD – Moral Therapeutic Deism – to Youth Ministry (but not what you think…)Faith communities love acronyms. There are landfills full of WWJD? bracelets to prove that acronyms distill complex ideas down beyond a catch phrase to a few letters and allow a certain hyperlinkedness to vast amounts of data. In many ways, acronyms are a gift but they can also be a distraction by offering a seemingly summative and all-encompassing certainty. The latest acronym to take youth workers and many church leaders by storm is MTD … There’s more to read here. The twilight of 20th century Youth Ministry – watching the end of an era at NYWC“Any of you in high school during the 1980′s?” This was a lead question by Tim Neufeld, lead singer of the band Starfield, during the opening Big Room session of the NYWC in San Diego (National Youth Workers Conference) this afternoon. The question was met with a roar of affirmation and in many ways was the right question to ask. Youth Ministry in America is a field that has … There’s more to read here. |
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