We may be anxious for this and become too direct too soon.
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- Youth and the Experience of Faith, Revised.
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There may be an urge to rush past nearness to get directly to the point. As we carefully use nearness and directness in our interaction with students we have a greater ability to help shape their faith. If you would like to read more about this you can download my free book Understanding Adolescent Behavior.
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How are your faith shaping skills? If you click on this book you can download a free copy of my book, Understanding Adolescent Behavior In greater detail, the two ways to advocate faith with youth are — nearness: There must be nearness closeness to the faithful community and its traditions, rituals, and doctrines. Jones explains that faith is near to youth when: There must be specific times when the issues of faith are presented directly to youth.
- FAITH SHAPING (REVISED) Paperback Book Stephen D. Jones : Judson Press!
- FAITH SHAPING (REVISED).
- Youth and the Experience of Faith, Revised.
- Transformations.
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Directness is presenting the desire of God to transform a young person. Jones suggests that directness — a occurs when we intentionally assist young people in writing new chapters in their faith stories.
The most amazing details or insights about a story might not have been noticed by your original source. Follow your leads and find out all the details.
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Guide people through sharing their stories. On a practical level, this means interviewing them ahead of time until you are familiar enough with the story to tell it yourself. Then when recording their story, or presenting it live, guide them carefully with questions to help them succeed. You also need to guide the story to align with your vision and show the diversity of your church and community. Make sure to emphasize how the story being told fits into the vision of the church.
Is the story an outgrowth of people living out the vision successfully?
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A call to action to others to more effectively join in the vision? Make sure the story has as broad an appeal as possible. This is less important if you are only sharing this story with a limited part of your community.
Check out the next post in this series for where and how to share the stories you discover and shape. This is the third of four posts.
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