Several days ago some friends of mine were stuck in a car on the way home from a meeting. As usually happens when we get together, our conversation turned toward church life, dwindling volunteers and the problems we all face as pastors to communicate spiritual things in a hectic, overworked and sometimes deaf world. We […]
In their book A Faith of Their Own: Stability and Change in the Religiosity of America’s Adolescents (Oxford University Press, 2011), the authors follow up with 2,530 young people, age 16 to 21, surveyed about their faith and religious practices at two points in time. The authors identified five types of religious identity among these […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=2KAIzJsHwyc] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N_AFrEoemo] Description “Scott Wilcher’s timely book, “The Orphaned Generation,” unpacks the ways adults (including senior adults) can reconnect with the hearts of the young. I recommend it strongly to every church leader and every adult in the church.” –Richard Ross, PhD, student-ministry professor at Southwestern Seminary, Excerpts of “The Orphaned Generation” are available athttp://scottwilcher.com/ […]