The Good
of DVD
Curriculum
How Are You
Feeling?
Our young adult
group
really
benefitted
from
a DVD study by
Chip Ingram called
Living on the Edge,
now called True
Spirituality.
The
perks we found:
• S t r u c t u r e d
Te a c h i n g .
Discussions
can rabbit-trail,
but there’s no
way to get a
recording of Chip Ingram off topic.
This structure was good for us, and it
led to a lot of healthy...
• Silent(-ish) Learning. Our group was
(is) a bunch of talkers, and we needed
to learn to listen. Great discussion
still took place, with the help of the
study book (see next point).
• Guilt-Free Discussion.
Since Chip
Ingram wasn’t in the room, we didn’t
have to worry about hurting his
feelings. We could use his video and
discussion questions as a springboard,
but we also felt free to think for
ourselves and objectively analyze his
teaching, and how to apply it to our
lives.
Consider these perks when deciding your
next study.
Scotty Meiser, Cellophane Glasses blog
writer for www.Wild Frontier
“Fine", they say.
You know the teen is not feeling fine. Yet,
this is the only answer you can get out
of him/her. How do you get a different
response? How do you encourage a teen
to open up to you?
Instead of accepting their "I'm fine" lie,
encourage them to communicate. Teach
them how to connect with their feelings
and open up truthfully about how they
are feeling.
Do this by giving the teen a word list
of feelings. Use adjectives to describe
common feelings teens have. Use a
thesaurus if you need help brainstorming
enough words to make a long list.
Hand the list to the teen and have him/
her circle the feelings he/she is feeling.
Next have the teen hand the paper back
to you. This indirect way of getting them
to answer the question, "How are you
feeling?," can give you the launching
point for a ministry conversation.
Beth Crumpler, volunteer at Lifepoint
Church, www.adaptivelearnin.com/
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