Mark DeVries in “Family Based Youth Ministry” says theres a crisis in the relationship between adults and teenagers–that teenagers are isolated and left to fend for themselves, and that is a crisis solely of our generation. Is that reflected in the popular literature for young people?
Thomas wants to go back to normal. Like us, he is exhausted by the emotional mess that was his last week: Thomas’ world was one of monotonous powerlessness, poverty and violence, and Jesus’ message of peace and hope thoroughly changed who he was and how he lived in that world.
What’s your theological anthropology? Who/what are we as human beings, things with bodies? Good, bad, some mixture of both?
Throughout this quarter, I kept running up against a wall when I thought about the theology that we studied for our Introduction to Theology course. As I mentioned previously, we studied one author (Paul Tillich) and his systematic theology, which was very complicated, enriching, but also thoroughly academic and often Read more…
A friend posted this New York Times “Lens” article on a project by photographer James Mollison. He went across the world and photographed children and their bedrooms. The difference in the lives they lead is amazing. The photographs are well composed and striking without saying a single word. Here’s what Read more…
Ghana: February 11 to June 14, 2008 Ghana was the first Sub-Saharan nation to claim independence from Britian, and is the oldest post-colonial state, dating back from 1957. Within Ghana, there is a plethora of history: ancient, colonial, and modern. From Kumasi, long ago capital of the Asante Empire, to Read more…