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Jen Bradbury
Oct 04 · 5 min read

Stuff You Can Use: Les Mis Discussion Part 3

My students are, in a word, obsessed with the 2012 movie version of Les Miserables. Knowing this, I decided to use Les Mis as the basis for our first, three-week series of the year. This series is written as discussions, designed to be...

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#Stuff You Can Use #heaven #love #movies #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Aug 06 · 5 min read

The Problem with the Prodigal Son

Over the last several months, my small group and I have been slowly making our way through Henri Nouwen's The Return of the Prodigal Son , a book that has helped me to better understand and appreciate the story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)....

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#grace #cognitive development #scripture #love #Jesus #Missions

Jen Bradbury
Jul 26 · 5 min read

Review: Love Does by Bob Goff

Filed in Book Review

Over the past several years, I've had the privilege of compiling many of Youth Worker Journal's Roundtables. In order to compile these Roundtables, I must first solicit interviews from Christian “celebrities” - authors, pastors, and academics.

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#love

Jen Bradbury
Jul 23 · 5 min read

Stop loving on me

I just returned from leading my first of two trips with Youth Works Missions this summer.

While on our trip in Red Lake, I frequently heard Youth Works staff describe the purpose of their summer ministry using the phrase, “We get to love on this...

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#Transformation #scripture #love #Missions

Jen Bradbury
Nov 12 · 5 min read

Tolerance Fatigue

I’m tired of tolerance.

That’s right. You read that correctly. I’ll even say it again.

I’m tired of tolerance.

For quite some time, “tolerance” has been a hip, cool buzz word here in America. Everyone – especially high schoolers – wants to be “...

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#love #youth ministry

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