Contemplative Youth Ministry by Mark Yaconelli

An encouraging trend in youth ministry over the last 5-10 years has been the growth of contemplative practices in youth ministry. one of the real pioneers in this in the usa has been mark yaconelli who developed and ran the youth ministry and spirituality project for 7 years. the question he wanted to explore was [...]

Contemplative Youth Ministry by Mark Yaconelli

The central problem in sharing the Christian faith with young people doesn’t concern words; it’s deeper than that. The real crisis facing those of us who seek to share faith with youth is this:
we don’t know how to be with our kids.
we don’t know how to be with ourselves.
we don’t know how to be with [...]

Contemplative Youth Ministry – Interview with Mark Yaconelli

Mark Yaconelli has released his long awaited a book titled contemplative youth ministry. It is a wonderful book. If you are involved in youth ministry you should get it. Actually, I think you should get it and read it if you are in any kind of leadership in church. This isn’t really another model to [...]

Contemplative Youth Ministry – Blog Tour Day 4

So, we’re now 4 days into the CYM blog tour, which means these blogs have already posted: May 8 – Jonny Baker May 9 – Gavin Richardson (part 1) May 9 – Gavin Richardson (part 2) May 10 – Sarah Dylan Breuer (although it seems she’s running a tad late) May 11 – Jennifer Roach