Comments on: goodbye to youthworker journal

By: robert’s blog » goodbye old friend?

robert’s blog » goodbye old friend? — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:17:43 +0000

[...] marko describes in his blog the separation of youthworker journal and youth specialties. it’s a sad day. i have always loved youthworker journal. it has been a constant source of encouragement and challenging thought. my wife, a speech pathologist, loved it so much that she would complain if i didn’t bring my new issues home with me from church. [...]

By: ysmarko

ysmarko — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:33:24 +0000

[...] 6, 3:32 pm
Filed under: youth ministry, youth specialties

you may have read about the end of our 21 year relationship with youthworker journal. but, the great news is that it’s now official [...]

By: MattGlover.com » Blog Archive » Has Encouragement Become a Sin?

MattGlover.com » Blog Archive » Has Encouragement Become a Sin? — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:20:47 +0000

[...] nd encourage somebody before the day is out. Please. Update 29th January Have a read of Mark’s blog for an inside coverage of some of the reasons for the YouthWorker/Salem split. It doesn’t c [...]

By: marko

marko — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:00:23 +0000

just to be clear, abbasfriend, the two are completely unconnected and it’s only coincidental that they occurred in the same twelve months. the emergent decision was ours, based on our desire to re-focus exclusively on our core calling. the ywj thing was salem’s, and was surely a business choice.

By: abbasfriend

abbasfriend — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:30:26 +0000

also just heard that emergent’s publishing contract with YS ended and is not being renewed. i hope this isn’t a negative thing. in the last couple years, i have been so blessed by what YS has done. keep up the good work, in whatever form it ends up taking!

By: robert terrell

robert terrell — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:31:37 +0000

well that just sucks! i love YWJ and the thoughts of YS not doing it anymore is aweful. I’ll have to reconsider whether I renew my subscription again or not.

Thanks for all y’all have done through it. YWJ has challenged and encouraged me. I guess I’m trying to say that YWJ definitely met the two goals of YS that you describe in your next post.

By: Another Jeff

Another Jeff — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:17:37 +0000

I had heard about the split back in November.

I’m sorry to hear it – yes, Marko – the one thing that I could count on from YW Journal was riding “both sides of the fence” with it’s articles. I appreciated that, coming from a more liberal theology and churches…

It’s very difficult these days to find the more liberal stuff or at least the things that allow a liberal view as well as conservative. Conservative Christian materials are what sell in the stores. YW Journal did not have a view. One article would contradict the other.

I truly hope YS can find a way to continue that tradition. What that is? I don’t know…

Thanks for what you did do though with YW journal in the past!

By: digitalorthodoxy blog » Youth Specialities and Youth Worker Journal break up…

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:20:29 +0000

[...] l change, many of the authors will change. More of the history behind the ys/journal split can be found here… I might hold off on resubscribing until I can be sure that it’ll continue to be a go [...]

By: KC

KC — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:35:28 +0000

Didn’t know this. This is what I get for not paying my bill. hehe. So sad. It won’t be the same.

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:31:57 +0000

i just got my jan/feb issue of youthworker journal and have only flipped through it. i saw your back page article and was wondering what happened that caused the split. thank you for this post to clarify what happened. and thank you to ys for all you do to support youth workers – i look forward to the prophetic voice!