OMG: A Youth Ministry Handbook (Youth and Theology) - Softcover

Martinson, Roland D.; Dean, Kenda Creasy; Richter, Don C.; Vaughn, Amy Scott; Rounds, Dayle Gillespie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1426700083 ISBN 13: 9781426700088

Publisher: Abingdon Press, 2010

Synopsis

"Most contemporary young people operate far enough from Moses’ moral compass that it never occurs to them that “OMG” (“oh my God,” in teenspeak) has anything to do with the Ten Commandments, much less that it breaks one of them.  After all, the phrase is a nearly ubiquitous adolescent throw-away line...Yet Christians should hear the phrase “oh my God” differently.  Youth ministers, parents, teachers—anyone who has ever loved an adolescent—know that “OMG” can be a prayer, a plea, a petition, a note of praise, or an unbidden entreaty that escapes our lips as we seek Christ for the young people we love." from the book

Using six lens the authors detail current practices and tease out underlying questions as youth ministry becomes more self-consciously aligned with practical theology.

Contributors include:  Kenda Creasy Dean, Mike Carotta, Roland Martinson, Rodger Nishioka, Don Richter, Dayle Gillespie Rounds, and Amy Scott Vaughn.

About this title

About the Author:

Director, Tennent School of Christian Education, and Associate Professor of Youth, Church and Culture, Princeton Theological Seminary

About this edition

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1426700083
• ISBN 13: 9781426700088
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 163