http://youthspirituality.com Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:05:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yet another US study about teenagers... Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds A national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that with technology allowing nearly 24-hour media access as children and teens go about their daily lives, the amount of time young people spend ... http://youthspirituality.com/?p=82 Apologies that this site has been dormant for months. I am now resurrecting it! The Pew Forum has just released a new report on the religiosity of 18-29 year olds. By some key measures, Americans ages 18 to 29 are considerably less religious than older Americans. Fewer young adults ... http://youthspirituality.com/?p=79 Tn the 1980's several scholars critiqued developmental ideas about faith, and also the focus on defining adolescence as being about independence. In short, some of this critique was about the male tendency to always see the spiritual as the "other", as external, or something to be attained. Thanks to Erikson ... http://youthspirituality.com/?p=73 The metaphor of journey or pilgrimage is a familiar one across a range of religions and spiritualities. Unlike a ladder, which has discrete steps and a direct destination, a journey is more fluid and uncertain. Of course, the focus is more on the travel itself than the destination, which may ... http://youthspirituality.com/?p=66 How do you think about spiritual growth, and how do your images of spiritual growth reflect the way you approach this with individuals and groups? I've just led a session on youth spirituality at the Uniting Church's national in-service for workers with children, youth and families. The first part of what ... http://youthspirituality.com/?p=63 A national study of effective schooling in the US idenfitied relational connectedness as a critical factor in student success. Peter Benson from Search Institute, who participated in conducting the study, spoke at a US Congressional hearing on the findings. It seems to me that this research speaks directly to processes ... http://youthspirituality.com/?p=58 I've just returned from a month in the US, where one of my goals was to see what people are saying, writing, researching and doing in the area of youth & young adult spirituality. so there'll be a few posts coming related to that. [caption id="attachment_53" align="alignright" width="145" caption="Way of Pilgrimage ... http://youthspirituality.com/?p=52 The key findings from Search Institute's initial study of youth spirituality are as follows: 1. The vast majority of youth in this study believe there is a spiritual dimension to life. 2. About one-third of youth see themselves as "very" or "pretty" spiritual. 3. Young people are most likely to report that their ... http://youthspirituality.com/?p=46 Thanks to Darren for this link to a survey of recent literature regarding the Christian formation of children and youth by Karen-Marie Yust from Union Theological Seminary and the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia. Click here for the link to "Transforming Practices", which is at the resource website ... http://youthspirituality.com/?p=43 I am in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and Saint Paul), Minnesota as part of my semester's study leave from college. I have been visiting Luther Seminary, partly to use their library but also to meet with their faculty members. Yesterday I attended a day seminar hosted by Search Institute's Centre for ... http://youthspirituality.com/?p=35