One of the challenges for children's ministry (probably any ministry) is the desire to see God working in people's lives. I googled "children transformed lives" on Google. Interesting list of transforming influences. Then I added "Christ" and here are some interesting finds for you:
A church where the pastor sees lives transformed. What's interesting here is that the adult focus seems to be transformation and the child focus seems to be character formation. That sounds like fodder for an interesting discussion if you're willing to share your thoughts.
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"But transformational ministry grows out of people who are being changed. “Transformed Lives” starts with each of us – staff, missionaries, the board ... you."
You can only tell so much from a website but this is a very impressive list of ministries transforming the lives of children and families. It came up because this is on their website: "We believe encounters with Jesus Christ transform lives." Explore the site, the work they're doing is inspiring.
This is an inspirational article for Youth ministry from Group.
This is
Josh McDowell's newsletter . I've not read his stuff in a very long time but he's definately focusing on the transforming power of Christ. But he also sees postmodern thinking as a stumbling block for youth? Any thoughts about this?
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I have one of Josh McDowell's books, and I don't have a high opinion of his writing, as apparently my generation is wicked and depraved for not accepting everything as black and white (that is the undertone, at least, I don't know that he used those words).
ReplyDeleteThere's an entertaining satirical poem on the subject (except in the Roman Catholic church) by the Irish poet Paul Durcan, which you can read online. (Scroll down or look for 'Irish Hierarchy Bans Colour Photography.'
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ReplyDeleteThat's what I wondered, if he's down on "post-modern" because his thinking is more "black and white".
ReplyDeleteVision for transformation is what I found inspiring but I don't know if that runs against "post-modern" thinking or not. Being transformed by the renewal of our minds is pretty Biblical.
The poems are rich, Gary :). Thanks for sharing.
There are probably any number of potential discussions here.
Earlier this year I found myself wondering, if God had intended everything to be only black and white (with shades of gray, of course), why He ever created color. :) But He did.