The end of youth ministry? : why parents don't really care about youth groups and what youth workers should do about it /
Root, Andrew, 1974-
The end of youth ministry? : why parents don't really care about youth groups and what youth workers should do about it / Andrew Root. - Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, c2020. - xiv, 225 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Toward a journey to joy -- Don't waste your life: youth ministry and the good life -- Are the kids OK? Goods and youth ministry -- Three sets of parents: things and happiness emerge -- Identity, part one: a dance party, Demi Lovato, and the internal quest -- Transformation in youth ministry -- Identity, part two: romance, recognition, and resentment -- Happiness, part one: Powerball, endgames, and Sheryl Crow versus Taylor Swift -- When goods become the good -- Happiness, part two: holiness, virtue, and Luther's freak-out -- Joy and the custodian: what youth ministry is for -- Borne burdens: youth ministry and stories of joy -- Open takes and closed spins: youth ministry and transcendence -- An identity event: how youth ministry affects identity -- Holding vigil: youth ministry and cruciform practices -- Conclusion: friendship and DQ.
"Using an innovative first-person fictional narrative, an expert in youth ministry diagnoses the challenges facing the church today and offers a new way to think about what youth ministry can be for: not happiness, but joy"--
9781540961396
2019027617
BV4447 / .R65265 2020
259/.23
The end of youth ministry? : why parents don't really care about youth groups and what youth workers should do about it / Andrew Root. - Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, c2020. - xiv, 225 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Toward a journey to joy -- Don't waste your life: youth ministry and the good life -- Are the kids OK? Goods and youth ministry -- Three sets of parents: things and happiness emerge -- Identity, part one: a dance party, Demi Lovato, and the internal quest -- Transformation in youth ministry -- Identity, part two: romance, recognition, and resentment -- Happiness, part one: Powerball, endgames, and Sheryl Crow versus Taylor Swift -- When goods become the good -- Happiness, part two: holiness, virtue, and Luther's freak-out -- Joy and the custodian: what youth ministry is for -- Borne burdens: youth ministry and stories of joy -- Open takes and closed spins: youth ministry and transcendence -- An identity event: how youth ministry affects identity -- Holding vigil: youth ministry and cruciform practices -- Conclusion: friendship and DQ.
"Using an innovative first-person fictional narrative, an expert in youth ministry diagnoses the challenges facing the church today and offers a new way to think about what youth ministry can be for: not happiness, but joy"--
9781540961396
2019027617
BV4447 / .R65265 2020
259/.23