Jonathan McKee, Author at YouthMinistry.com https://youthministry.com/author/jonathan-mckee/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:00:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Digital Guardians: Can Tech Solve the Problems It Creates? https://youthministry.com/digital-guardians-can-tech-solve-problems-creates/ https://youthministry.com/digital-guardians-can-tech-solve-problems-creates/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2017 18:18:32 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=59142 Putting cameras on cell phones has been as world-changing as putting a man on the moon. After all, millions of young people have sabotaged themselves by sharing nude photos. Fortunately, a new app helps combat this problem. So parents and youth workers can relax, right?…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/digital-guardians-can-tech-solve-problems-creates/feed/ 1 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/GettyImages-511517838-e1496152307805-270x196.jpg270196 Why Millennials Are Staying in the Nest https://youthministry.com/why-millennials-are-staying-in-the-nest/ https://youthministry.com/why-millennials-are-staying-in-the-nest/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2017 16:55:07 +0000 https://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=58498 It’s the American dream: Grow up, attend the right school, graduate…and then move into Mom’s basement! Okay, maybe that last part is the new “amended” dream.
A record number of 20-somethings are opting to live at home rather than leave the nest.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/why-millennials-are-staying-in-the-nest/feed/ 1 Specifically, 40 percent of American Millennials (young people ages 20 to 35) currently live with their parents. By comparison, that number was 27 percent..https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/pexels-photo-269141-270x196.jpeg270196 Sensuality and Vulgarity Without Much Sobriety https://youthministry.com/sensuality-and-vulgarity-without-much-sobriety/ https://youthministry.com/sensuality-and-vulgarity-without-much-sobriety/#respond Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:17:29 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=56014 A Look Inside the Top 10 Songs
An article from Jonathan McKee and David R. Smith at TheSource4YM.com
The songs in this week’s Top 10 offer lots of diversity: Americans and foreigners, pop and electronic and hip hop genres, singles, duets, and even quintuplets.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/sensuality-and-vulgarity-without-much-sobriety/feed/ 0 https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/dreamstime_xs_25528794-copy-270x196.jpg270196 Multiply Your Impact With Volunteers https://youthministry.com/multiply-your-impact-with-volunteers/ https://youthministry.com/multiply-your-impact-with-volunteers/#respond Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:44:22 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=54828 Multiply Your Impact With Volunteers
Youth workers aren’t very good at math.
Let’s do a little simple math from my “Skinny” book about recruiting volunteers.
If you look at the time you spend each week with teenagers, you could go out there and spend 20 hours a week with students by yourself.…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/multiply-your-impact-with-volunteers/feed/ 0 You could go out there and spend 20 hours a week with students by yourself. Multiply your impact with volunteers.https://youthministry.com/wp-content/upload/ymprod/iStock_000015133180_Large-e1478817181530-270x196.jpg270196 Reaching Kids Experiencing Same-Sex Attraction https://youthministry.com/reaching-kids-experiencing-same-sex-attraction/ https://youthministry.com/reaching-kids-experiencing-same-sex-attraction/#respond Tue, 05 May 2015 15:26:25 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=52400 Reaching Kids Experiencing Same Sex Attraction
An article from Jonathan McKee at TheSource4YM.com
“We are confident in our theology concerning sexuality. We are equally confident that how we’ve traditionally approached sexuality, and ministering to teenagers in all stages of their sexual identity, has been unintentionally hurtful, confusing, and alienating to a whole bunch of teenagers.”…

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]]> https://youthministry.com/reaching-kids-experiencing-same-sex-attraction/feed/ 0 Every since the release of my book Sex Matters, youth workers and parents are asking me how to reach young people experiencing same-sex attraction.