Today I started blogging at a new site hosted by the Fuller Youth Institute. I did a Masters of Divinity Degree at Fuller Seminary and graduated in 2004. I have been really impressed with what they are doing in the world of Youth Ministry. Their focus is different in that they are primarily working with research based content. There are a ton of great Youth Ministry resources out there but they have found that there is a need for more writing based on solid research. Of particular interest to me is what they are doing with the College Transition Project. As a youth pastor who has sent of 100's of students to college over the years I'm very interested in their research to give me insight about how to best prepare students for when they leave the Youth Ministry.
My project with them is a year long series utilizing the resource Deep Justice Journey's and how it works in shifting our youth ministries focus and how we do missions. The curriculum resource is aimed at re framing all that we do with missions and includes resources for preparing students and families, while on the trip and how you debrief and continue with what they learned after.
I haven't read the book yet and am planning on starting it this week and writing about what I think. Hopefully this year long series I'm going to do with help others understand how to better utilize this resource. What I like about this project is that it's more than just writing a simple review of the book. I'm going to actually try to use it and show how it worked (or didn't).
I'm starting to find that there may be a nitch for this type of blogging. I've bought a ton of resources over the years and many of them I've used but haven't really thought through how they work. This should be a different fun thing. Follow along here or check out the Fuller Youth Institute blog and you'll see my stuff as well as some other great writers with a ton to say.
