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We’d like to invite you to think a bit harder this Christmas. It seems to me that there’s a part of the story of Jesus’ birth that we seldom dwell on, and we’d like to help your community enter into it. If you’re willing. A few weeks ago I participated in a conversation that gave [...]
I can’t help but thinking of the scene where Dorothy enters Oz, her house in tatters, (having been picked up and thrown through the air by a tornado) she climbs out of the house to find that she’s killed a woman, her house has landed smack dab on the body of someone wearing some remarkably groovy slippers.
Adrian re-posted a reflection by Michael Leuinig from this weekend’s Sunday Age It says what no-one in the media or anyone in our political leadership seems to be saying at the moment, and oh how much it needs to be said… If I were a refugee What a nice one I would be. Not in [...]
Standing in the “inner circle” under the claw at the second Melbourne as Bono walked past (no, not bragging, just projecting an image heh heh) I looked around at the sea of iPhones and cameras around me, everyone had one, a couple of people never seemed to put it down, many pulled them out every [...]
Steve Taylor and Rob Hanks have mentioned these little cubed pieces of goodness before on their blogs but I’ve been wanting to talk about them for a while now. I’ve got a few fantastic resources to help with creativity, and the Story Cubes have been a great addition to the collection. The Creativity Hub sent [...]
The church has been obsessed with, if not addicted to the technology of “print.” I know that some people may not view print as a technology, but it was a technology that ultimately changed the way that we communicate with each other, it changed the way that we learn, the way we teach and it ultimately changed the world that we live in and it has never been the same.
Revolve was a youth research paper that was written by Dave Fagg and Vivianne Gloz while they were working with YFC. Revolve explored many issues that are still relevant to Australian youth today. Editions were produced quarterly and covered a number of issues including indigenous youth, religion, technology and sexuality. I recently asked Dave Fagg [...]
The YES Project Youth participation in the electoral process is of great concern in Western democracies today. For many years we have known that young people are less likely to enroll to votethan older groups. This national study is attempting to uncover the reasons why this is so and also look at what motivates Australia’s [...]
Formal mentoring aims to provide young people with support and guidance through planned relationships with positive adult and peer role models; it does so within a framework which includes experienced and qualified staff and trained volunteers. A large volunteer effort in Australia supports mentoring for young people from primary school age to young adulthood and [...]
A report commissioned by The Foundation for Young Australians from the Australian Youth Research Centre at The University of Melbourne. This report examines the opportunities and issues around young people in decision making roles. It provides current thinking on “better practice” as well as a reflective toolkit that has been developed for working alongside young [...]
