“I want a way to live that keeps me involved in what God is doing in me and in the world around me. Do you know a way to live that is like that?” – Martha, 15
This book was put together by 18 teens and 18 adults as they attempt to answer Martha’s question. Through sharing each other’s personal stories and their points of view on a variety of subjects the authors have come up with a phenomenal youth ministry book that offers young people and adults a different way to live.
The book is sectioned off into chapters that explore issues of life, our bodies, food, creation, work, play, time, choices, justice and much more. Energetic, honest, poetic and occasionally life-shaking this book opens up a number of areas of our own lives and asks about how our lives and how we practice our faith connect.
The authors have also put together a Leader’s Guide (459KB pdf document) that describes a number of spiritual practices that can be explored as you and your young people read through the book and experience the challenges that are raised during the journey.
This book is nothing short of brilliant and should be in every youth workers library, and if not the only real excuse is that you’ve loaned it out to a young person for a while…
“Like its parent book Practicing Our Faith, this book advocates a set of Christian practices that are crucial to human well-being and that, together, shape a life well lived. Reflecting on and growing stronger in such practices, teens encounter the possibility of a more faithful way of life, one that is both attuned to present-day needs and taught by ancient wisdom. To deepen their insights and ground their images, adult authors partnered with teenaged colleagues throughout the planning and writing of Way to Live.”
“If you’re up for some life-rattling, world-shaking, head-turning, boat-rocking twists and turns in your life journey, then Way to Live is your global positioning device. This book will ratchet your faith up a notch (or 20) by inviting you into the ancient practices of faith, practices that may surprise you (and your friends) and challenge the world as we know it. You can’t just read the book. You DO it.”
- Kenda Creasy Dean, Lecturer, Princeton Theological College.
Book Details:
Author: Dorothy C. Bass and Don C. Richter
Publisher: Upper Room Books
Published: July 10, 2002
ISBN: 0835809757
Link : Way to Live Website (sorry, the website seems to be down at the moment)
My Rating: 
Essential Youth Ministry Reading
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