Ali Campbell

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

Reflective Practice and the Road to Damascus Reflect, Reframe and Reform

My latest post :

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This is so good.

An Introduction to Child Liberation Theology This is the first article in a multi-part series I am writing in 2022 providing an overview of child liberation theology.

"Children are not mere creatures of parents. They are not projects or weapons. They are inheritors of God’s Kingdom, images of that God, and they are capable of prophecy, leadership, teaching, and theology."

Very pleased to see this motion put forward by Lichfield Diocese - the church is no place for NDAs.

Absolutely should be funding employed children’s, youth and family ministers (training and ongoing support to enable parishes to employ).

Likewise!

We've been on our travels as our youngest auditions for musical theatre courses - Leeds Saturday just gone, Liverpool on Friday . . . it's a lot!

Free Lent Resources for young people.

Check out these devotions aimed at young people, FREE to download from my website :
theresource.org.uk/lent/

a group of happy people, hands in the air with the words 'Line Management' in big type

Line Management and Supervision Training - 9th Feb 26 (zoom - 7.30pm - 9pm)

In this training I cover the essentials of good line management in a ministry context. Drop me a message to book (just £10 per person) or email ali@theresource.org.uk

We could really do with increasing our support - if you value what we do (or didn't know we were reliant on financial support!) then do check out our page on Stewardship :
www.stewardship.org.uk/partners/won... - we could really do with an extra £200 a month of regular giving!

Having recently ditched X for good. I'm kind of back, having not posted for a couple of months on here - anything new? Hello? Do reply if you see this in your feed!

Paul wrestled with this in both Romans and 1 Corinthians, 'who can know the mind of God?' which chimes with the idea that God is unknowable, a mystery beyond our understanding - but then says, 'but we have the mind of Christ.' Through Christ, God is revealed. He has made him known.

Thanks for flagging this! Would love a chat with you at some point about Paraklesis :) Hope you are well!

hello mate, hope you are doing well!

Line Management and Supervision Training!

DATES CONFIRMED - 20th October or 6th November (7.30 - 9.00pm on Zoom).

Covering the essentials and some top tips for creating an environment where children's, youth and family ministers can thrive! Interested? Drop me an email - ali@theresource.org.uk

Mentoring Slots still available!

It can be really helpful having an objective external sounding board - and that is what I offer! Sometimes churches pay for the mentoring (always great when a church sees the value!), but I also have a cheaper rate if you need to pay for it yourself!

Interested?

Hello and welcome.

Three Tools for encouraging discussion and engagement with young people. Jesus had a youth group, we call them his disciples - let's use the tools Jesus used in our ministry with young people.

Three Tools for encouraging discussion and engagement with young people.
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Pick Up and Drop Off Be prayerful, be present, be patient

I'm sharing this not because I always got it right, but because it matters. Life happens, distractions are everywhere - but, aiming for this makes such a difference.

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Adding value to others in ministry | Ali Campbell | Substack Reflective practice for leadership, personal growth, balance in life and ministry and living with hope in a broken and unjust world. What are you passing on? Click to read Adding value to others in mi...

Hey, not posted for a while because . . . been getting going properly on substack! Do check out my articles there and why not subscribe :)

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When The Church Fails to Speak Out on Behalf of the Voiceless The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill is now here, and it's everything the green paper threatened. On the front page i...

This blog is full of truth & righteous anger about 'The Church's' silence on d!sability benefit cuts.

"D!sabled people are used in the argument against assisted dying, but we're not prayed for when we face losing what helps us to live!"

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Ha, thanks. You around later this year at NYMW?

oh no, what did I say?

pitting young people against their parents, still see this in youth ministry practice . . . also, youth practitioners being a bit 'sniffy' about kids ministry . . .

oh, the nonsense that still gets spouted!

This is one of my favorite not funny memes.

I am now :)

Oh wow, that's a bit bonkers . . . I'm assuming you have been paid properly though??!