Comments on: books read in the last couple weeks http://whyismarko.com/2006/books-read-in-the-last-couple-weeks-2/ life, faith, youth ministry, emerging church, leadership, whimsy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:12:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ysmarko http://whyismarko.com/2006/books-read-in-the-last-couple-weeks-2/comment-page-1/#comment-44446 ysmarko Sun, 29 Oct 2006 05:03:49 +0000 http://www.ysmarko.com/?p=1004#comment-44446 [...] i read jeremy iversen’s brutal and insightful book high school confidential last week. posted about it here. one of the primary characters is a christian, and not a bad guy, really. but the thinly veiled references to either young life (probably) or campus life were tough to read, because it was an unfiltered description of so much of what we do in youth ministry. the author didn’t seem to have an axe to grind about christians or christian clubs (he attended every week, he wrote at one point). but the whole thing comes off sounding so much like the pep-rally in the movie saved. here’s one of the sections that made me wince: that evening after dinner, she received special permission from her father to go to spiriteen and come straight back. parents like the idea of christian youth group; brian’s party the next night would need a much harder sell. [...] [...] i read jeremy iversen’s brutal and insightful book high school confidential last week. posted about it here. one of the primary characters is a christian, and not a bad guy, really. but the thinly veiled references to either young life (probably) or campus life were tough to read, because it was an unfiltered description of so much of what we do in youth ministry. the author didn’t seem to have an axe to grind about christians or christian clubs (he attended every week, he wrote at one point). but the whole thing comes off sounding so much like the pep-rally in the movie saved. here’s one of the sections that made me wince: that evening after dinner, she received special permission from her father to go to spiriteen and come straight back. parents like the idea of christian youth group; brian’s party the next night would need a much harder sell. [...]

]]> By: Saulnier http://whyismarko.com/2006/books-read-in-the-last-couple-weeks-2/comment-page-1/#comment-38958 Saulnier Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:28:03 +0000 http://www.ysmarko.com/?p=1004#comment-38958 as a youth worker, it will break your heart. if you’re a parent, it’ll scare the crap out of you and drive you to your knees. "parents should probably read this book — but it’s not for the faint-of-heart. and this book should become part of the library of every youth worker." You are not kidding. I am a teacher in a middle school. I am also a student worker. I see and hear things that would scare most people to the nut house. Most people have NO IDEA what the student world is like these days. now, "i wish someone could pull off the same thing in the world of middle schoolers." That would be cool, and not as hard as you think. Some of my 8th graders are 6 foot and 210lbs. 8th graders. Saulnier as a youth worker, it will break your heart. if you’re a parent, it’ll scare the crap out of you and drive you to your knees.

“parents should probably read this book — but it’s not for the faint-of-heart. and this book should become part of the library of every youth worker.”
You are not kidding. I am a teacher in a middle school. I am also a student worker. I see and hear things that would scare most people to the nut house. Most people have NO IDEA what the student world is like these days.

now, “i wish someone could pull off the same thing in the world of middle schoolers.”

That would be cool, and not as hard as you think. Some of my 8th graders are 6 foot and 210lbs.
8th graders.

Saulnier

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