five dangerous things (5dt -1)
Chris Folmsbee has posted a pretty interesting post in which he suggests that those in youth ministry should consider helping adolescents take “risks” as it pertains to their spiritual development. Chris offers 5 dangerous things for youth workers to consider adding as priorities in the spiritual formation of young people, and, in my opinion, it is a mighty good list.
In his words (you can read the whole post here):
So, here are five dangerous things I suggest we should let our students do (feel free to comment and add to the list!) Like Gever, I really have 6 but I think that 4 and 4.5 go hand in hand…
1. Dance with doubt
2. Discover truth for themselves
3. Disengage from reality every now and then
4. Dispatch their story, not someone elses
4.5 Determine their own future
5. Deconstruct what they are told, see and come to “know”
So I have “weaseled” my way in to write some posts with Chris on this list - further exploring the 6 dangerous suggestions. So look over the coming days for this as we explore 5 Dangerous Things. Oh, and consider this an invitation to explore the list as well. We will look at the first item on the list and be posting on it by @ 5 PM on Wednesday June 18.
