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Social Media Smarts: Helping Youth Use New Media in Positive Ways for Good Mental & Spiritual Health
Boundaries and Online Interactions with Youth
07:43
Discernment with Youth
02:50
How Parents Can Help and Model Healthy Social Media Usage
06:09
Social Media Platforms as Digital Spaces
04:39
Teaching a Healthy Public Witness Approach Online
05:29
Addressing Online and Other Bullying with Youth
04:41
Social Media Smarts: Helping Youth Use New Media in Positive Ways
01:09:59
Unmasking Racism in Anti-Racism Education: Youth Ministry
Unmasking Racism in Anti-Racism Education: Youth Ministry, Session 1
01:27:57
Unmasking Racism in Anti-Racism Education: Youth Ministry, Session 2
01:31:42
Unmasking Racism in Anti-Racism Education: Youth Ministry, Session 3
01:30:39
Unmasking the Racism in Anti-Racism Education
Unmasking the Racism in Anti-Racism Education
01:16:20
The Importance of Having Difficult Conversations with Youth
12:31
The Relationality of Youth and How that Works for Anti Racism Education
04:08
Anti Racism Work and Relationships across Racial Lines
10:32
Stagnancy in Anti Racism Education and Pacing for the Whole Church
04:36
Next Steps for Churches and Educators Who already "Talk the Talk"
03:57
Returning to the Christian Tradition for Inspiration
02:49
Where Hope Can Be Seen in Anti Racism Education
06:10
Teaching Holy Troublemaking: Resources for Progressive Christian Formation
Teaching Holy Troublemaking: Resources for Progressive Christian Formation
01:28:31
How To Prepare Young People
08:14
Intergenerational Story Sharing
07:57
Stories as Connectional
04:43
Stories for Adults Too
04:17
Vulnerability as Trauma Dumping
05:17
Developing Your Praxis for Building Diverse Youth Communities
Developing Your Praxis for Building Diverse Youth Communities with Dr. Brian Ragsdale, Ph.D.
01:08:34
Children and Youth Development Across Lines of Identity
08:03
Community Building and Relationships
07:33
Children Creating a World of Inclusiveness
03:04
The Nature of Systems and Power
09:16
Multiple Identities and Flexible Programming
01:55
Spiritual Care for Young People in the Climate Crisis
Spiritual Care for Young People in the Climate Crisis with Rev. Talitha Amadea Aho
01:14:32
A Scale of Emotions Related to the Climate Crisis
15:05
How To Support Advocates
03:53
Is the Church Prepared to Address Crisis
02:37
Refugia
01:54
Rethinking God's Role in the World
02:35
Self Care vs Community Care
02:31
Handing Down the Faith: Parents, Congregations, and Religious Socialization
Handing Down the Faith: Parents, Congregations, and Religious Socialization
01:29:39
Conversations about Faith and Doubting
07:16
Dating and Faith Communities for Parents
05:21
Faith Formation for Parents
06:19
Parents and Youth Leaders Having Different Aims
04:34
Value Transmissions
03:15
What Do the Young People Think
02:14
What's Unique about Faith Upbringing Today
03:25
Church Shoes: Thinking and Rethinking our Steps for Youth Ministry in the Black Church
Church Shoes: Thinking and Rethinking our Steps for Youth Ministry in the Black Church
01:09:54
Queer Black Youth Finding their Community
03:56
Asking, and not Assuming, Pastoral Care Needs in this Generation
06:50
What White Congregations Should Know
04:14
Leadership Possibilities
04:40
Letting Kids be Kids in Sacred Space
02:49
Hopes for Liberation and Flourishing
02:58
Internal Welcome and External Witness: LGBTQ Youth Ministry
Internal Welcome and External Witness: LGBTQ Youth Ministry
01:28:32
Who Are the LGBTQ+ Youth?
09:38
Values Determine Logistics 1: Forms
07:35
Values Determine Logistics 2: Bathrooms
02:19
Values Determine Logistics 3: Sleeping Arrangements
03:51
Values Determine Logistics 4: How Affirming Are Our Partners?
04:07
Public Witness Outside our Congregation
04:37
God as Beyond Gender
04:31
Queer Bible Stories
05:59
Pastoral Boldness in Advocacy
04:34
Creating Communities of Inclusion and Belonging for Youth with Disabilities
Creating Communities of Inclusion and Belonging for Youth with Disabilities
01:25:25
A 50 Year History/Current Sketch of Disabilities in Church and Society
09:04
What Does Belonging Look Like?
01:34
Statistics Regarding Faith and Youth with Disabilities
03:01
Employment Opportunities for Youth with Disabilities
07:40
Focusing on the Guest
05:23
Friendships across All Abilities
05:53
It All Starts with Connection
04:48
Nuts and Bolts - How to Foster Belonging
05:33
The Danger of the Single Story
05:20
Talking about Sex, Tech, and Faith with Teens
Talking with Teens about Sex, Tech, and Faith
01:22:37
Creating a Sexual Ethic in a Christian Community
06:55
Defining Terms - Pornography vs Sexually Explicit Materials
04:51
Healthy Online Sexual Community Engagement
05:21
Helping Youth Become Ethicists
07:08
Sex and Self-Worth for Youth
00:04
Sex and Tech
03:31
What Is Sexuality
05:24
Cultivating Communication Skills
03:50
How to Educate Parents about Technology and Sex
03:16
The Storm Isn’t Over: Ways to Support the Social Emotional Needs of Youth
The Storm Isn’t Over: Ways to Support the Social Emotional Needs of Youth
01:04:55
Tending to Youth and Tending to Ourselves
02:50
How to Help Youth Act On Their Feelings
07:23
Helping Youth Have Permission to Give
03:24
Resilience, or Anti-Fragility?
03:33
Stress Gets a Bad Rap
04:34
Pressure as Misplaced Anxiety about Success
04:23
Safe Space
03:46
Frustrated Parenting as Experiencing Fear
04:07
"Back to Normal" as a Very Unhelpful Phrase
03:09
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2021-2022: Thriving, Not Surviving — Building a Toolkit for a Flourishing Youth Ministry
2020-2021: Not Your Mothers Youth Group — Ministry to Youth
2019-2020: Youth Ministry in a Modern Age
2017-2018: Nurturing Joy in an Uncertain Age
2016-2017: Nurturing Joy in an Uncertain Age
2015-2016: Nurturing Joy in an Uncertain Age
2014-2015: A Future with Hope
2013-2014: Youth Ministry Now!
2012-2013: Youth Ministry Now!
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Summer Symposia
2018: A Beacon of Joy in the Midst of Suffering
2017: A Beacon of Joy in the Midst of Suffering
2016: A Beacon of Joy in the Midst of Suffering
2015: Planting Seeds of Hope and Joy
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