Site Update!

This week we have new stuff!
If you head to our video section you can now download a new vox-pop video called ‘What are you waiting for?’ exlporing the things people are waiting for in their lives…a great discussion starter.
We also have, from tomorrow the start of a Stand For Christ Exclusive!
We have a 7 session [...]

Facebook & Youth Work: Good Practice

 

One of the big topics in Youth Work at the moment (other than porn which is Youth Work magazines focus point this month – blog to follow) is that of Social Networking and levels of appropriateness.
One person I know suggests that Facebook for Youth Workers is a no, no with his argument largely based on the use [...]

Are we going wrong?

Some of the conversations I had over Christmas with people surprised me, I heard things about young people I used to work with in a church youth group that surprised me and it’s got me thinking.
Just before Christmas I read a book called ‘Practicing Passion’ by Kenda Creasy Dean and she suggests that the church [...]

Prayer – Who Do You Pray To?

I found this quote written by the editor of PostSecret.com on this weeks secrets
My mother has brain cancer. She was diagnosed during the holiday season last year. They told her she probably had two months to live. My mother is sitting in the room next to me, and will be here for the holidays this [...]

Hillsong – Healer

 
Today the CD of Hillsongs latest release (although a few months old now) arrived in the post. I only ordered it yesterday so was impressed. The thing this this CD is that I’d been debating for a while whether to get it because of it having the song ‘Healer’ on by Mike Guglielmucci.
For those that [...]

The Underground

I’ve been going down to London now for 2 years…the last 2 academic years I’ve been there 2 days a week and this year I’m only there 1 day a week. As part of my journey from Peterborough to Waterloo (ish) I get to ride on the London Underground.
Even though I’ve been on the underground [...]

Faith & Ethical Banking

The credit crunch, breakdown of banks and merging of Halifax and Lloyds TSB seems to have dominated our news the last few weeks…alongside this it seems to be becoming more and more ‘fashionable’ to recycle plastic bags…buy cotton bags instead of using plastic bags and living life in a more ethical manner.
Last year I transferred [...]

Sex, Sin and Inclusion

What started as a post exploring the topic of sex before marriage and whether it’s acceptable to expect Christian young people today to wait until marriage seems to be becoming a series.
Ben, Steve and Carl have all made interesting comments on the sex before marriage post and this post (hopefully) takes the next step forward [...]

Sex Before Marriage In The 21st Century

A while ago I started writing a blog on sex before marriage following a comment I head from someone (Christian) who suggested that it is ridiculous to encourage young people to abstain from sex until marriage in today’s society…this was in the week leading up to a Doodles on ‘Sex and relationships’ which never happened [...]

Writing Off Our OAP’s

In July I’m going to see Ben Folds in Sheffield and a while ago on his ‘Rockin the suburbs’ album he wrote a song called Mr Jones which was basically about someone being forced to leave a job they’d done for years because they were too old.
Now I’ve been thinking recently about how true this [...]