Chap Clark

Well this is certainly quite different from PDYM--the current bestseller among youth ministers. It makes you think...hard.

Four views are given by each author, along with matching critiques by the rest.

Read it if you want to expand your youth ministry horizon. Probably not for starting leaders though.

Clark attempts to describe the ways in which adults have abandoned the midadolescent population, the results of this abandonment, and what adults can do now to work towards a brighter adolescent future. This is his main argument, and in some ways, he strengthens this with evidence, but more often than not he attempts to make his argument by glorifying the past and by making bold generalizations. After some setup with the first three chapters, each subsequent chapter is supposed to outline show more the effects of this abandonment in a separate teenage realm. However, these chapters are not extremely unique, and Mr. Clark seems to only to be looking for new ways to use the word "abandoned" in a sentence.

While what he is saying is important, he could have said it in 100 fewer pages, and he could have highlighted more meaningful evidence. While I felt at times that Clark had the evidence to prove his claims, the way much of the book is written makes it feel as if his work is based on conjecture and is more of an attempt to play on our emotions than to critically approach a subject he is passionate about. show less

He discusses the way family worship used to be and why that might not work today. Clark incorporates biblical references for family worship along with personal examples.

Chap Clark provide you with research and insights that wil help you go beyond simply trying to motivate your students to serve those in need, and invite your students to wrestle with why those people are in need in the first place. You'll hear from well-known social justice leacers and youth workers who are makind a difference in urban, suburban, and small-town settings.
In addition to expanding your personal justice commitments, Deep Justice in a Broken World will help you reflect with your show more own leadership team and will provide you with online resources to make you even deeper into the journey. So go ahead, dig deeper into what it means to heal the broken world in which we live. Take your ministry deeper into social justice. show less