A Changing Church
These are resources I use in various workshops I present on the challenges we face in the midst of all of the change surrounding us. The web has proven to be an enormous resource for sharing materials! I can’t keep up with all of the wonderful things available, but I can at least point to some of my favorites.
Handouts and backup information
- “low tech” exercises (including the game of 3’s)
- Roberto’s faith formation 20/20
- key trends facing congregations
- slides on key trends
- slides on theological issues
- slides of examples in practice
Various kinds of data
Blogs worth noting
Great things to read
- Real Kids, Real Faith
- Welcoming Children
- Hanging Out, Messing Around and Geeking Out
- Kids, Parents and Power Struggles
- It’s Not the Media
- Imagining Faith with Kids
- Confronting the Challenges
- Digital and Media Literacy
- Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies
Children’s literature as a resource
Web explanations via video
- Information revolution
- Social media in plain English
- Social Media statistics
- Changing and learning
- An introduction to YouTube
- RSS in plain English
Creation tools and organizations
Simple living web resources
- The Story of Stuff
- Wikipedia definition
- Voluntary simplicity
- Downshifting
- SimpleLiving.org
- Simplicity resources
- Web of Creation
- Quotations on consumerism
- Practicing Our Faith
Spirituality resources more generally
- Creighton’s link list
- PracticingOurFaith
- Christ in the Desert monastery
- Faces of Faith project
- Common Good radio for kids
- Vibrant Faith Ministries
- Lifelong Faith
- DiscerningMission.org
Curriculum resources
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