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Think Youth Ministry Celebrates 1st Year!
ThinkYouthMinistry.ca is about to celebrate our first birthday in a few weeks.
This has been a great first year and we have you our readers to thank and our contributing bloggers to for their contribution.
Here’s a brief look back at our first year:
Books Reviewed: 19
Total Visitors: 6,093
Busiest day: 211 — Revealed: Hip 2B Holy
BIG NEWS is coming about ThinkYouthMinistry.ca that will begin to shift the landscape of youth ministry for youth workers.
Week in Pictures: January 14th – January 20th, 2009
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- Indian schoolchildren use solar viewers to observe an annular solar eclipse
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- A reveller rides his horse through flames to celebrate Saint Anthony
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- A Hindu holy man takes a dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers
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- Peter MacKay spoke to the crew onboard HMCS Halifax before it departed for Haiti
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- The world’s shortest man and its tallest make a promotional appearance in Turkey
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- A Brazilian firefighter receives a kiss from his mother before departing for Haiti
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- Activists from a Ukrainian female rights organization protest the country’s politics
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- An Orthodox priest conducts a service in the town of Vyshgorod, Ukraine
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- Gov.-Gen. Michaelle Jean pauses during a statement on the situation in Haiti
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- Afghan National Policemen stand at their checkpoint at Delaram district
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- Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton walk out of the Rose Garden
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- A composite image shows what Osama bin-Laden could look like today
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- Father Juan Villa blesses an iguana outside Madrid’s San Anton church
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- A U.S. military aircraft drops humanitarian aid into Port-au-Prince
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- Chile’s President-elect Sebastian Pinera celebrates his victory
- ht to MacleansMagazine.ca
Book Review: Boys Adrift
Boys Adrift: the Five Factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated Boys and underachieving Young Men
Author – Leonard Sax
Summary from amazon:
Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. While Emily is working hard at school and getting A’s, her brother Justin is goofing off. He’s more concerned about getting to the next level in his video-game than about finishing his homework. Now, Dr. Leonard Sax delves into the scientific literature and draws on more than twenty years of clinical experience to explain why boys and young men are failing in school and disengaged at home. He shows how social, cultural, and biological factors have created an environment that is literally toxic to boys. He also presents practical solutions, sharing strategies which educators have found effective in re-engaging these boys at school, as well as handy tips for parents about everything from homework, to video-games, to medication.
Brett Ullman says: “Thought this was a great book and would suggest it to anyone.”
(click the amazon link above to go to the book)
