By Brad Griffin and Brenda Snailum “I knew we were starting to get somewhere when my six-year-old son was rattling off who he wanted at his birthday party. There were as many adults as kids on that list.” A pastor recently shared this with me (Brad) as we talked about the emerging conversation surrounding intergenerational (sometimes [...]
Observations from a Youth and Family Pastor David Fraze Recently I had the honor of speaking at a 50+ conference. A student ministry guy at a conference designed for 50+ year old participants? Yep--it was awesome! I was asked to present some material related to Intergenerational Student Ministry published with the Fuller Youth Institute, [...]
Revisiting our Definition of Family David Fraze “David, I need some advice!” The call came on the first day of my 2008 research with the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI). After almost 20 years of experience in youth ministry practice and education, I came to study with FYI because I can’t shake this feeling that something [...]