Product Description: When you talk about youth ministry in the church, the studies of Search Institute are primary resources. They comprise a body of work, developed over a lifetime, that has reshaped the church s ministry with young people. And Merton Strommen was there at the beginning, with a researcher s mind and a pastor's heart...read more

Product Description: From the Introduction This book is about passing on the faith from generation to generation, throughout the milestones of a person's life. Faith is created and nurtured by the Holy Spirit through the Gospels. The vision underlying the RADICAL model was developed in light of the theological principle that faith is formed by the Holy Spirit through personal, trusted relationships, often, but not always, in our own homes...read more

Product Description: This is the story of the quartets and singing groups that were established to encourage a strong relationship between Augsburg College and the congregations which supported the college. The quartets helped spread the temperance message and encouraged the development of youth work...read more

Product Description: A first-of-its-kind study of Protestant youth ministers reveals the hopes, frustrations, and effectiveness of today's youth workers. Of the 7,000 youth workers assembled in 1996 under Atlanta's Georgia Dome, a sample of 2,130 full-time youth ministers from dozens of Protestant denominations and parachurch organizations answered a battery of exhaustive, deliberate questions covering: What they liked best about youth ministry What particularly pleased them in their work with youth What they found most encouraging or discouraging Their biggest obstacle to an effective youth ministry Their biggest concern in youth ministry Their answers revealed a dedicated group of professionals, concerned a out the students in their ministries, but troubled with a variety of perplexing issues...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Dr. Strommen brings his years of experience as a research psychologist to the sensitive discussion of Homosexuality. Citing the extreme positions, he contributes to a realistic, informed, compassionate discussion of the issues. While neither denying the biblical exegesis on the one hand, nor affirming the activist agendas on the other, the author cites core gospel values in challenging the church to ministry...read more

Product Description: What a radically new (yet ancient) model of faith formation: the family is restored to the center of the faith growth process, with the congregation and community as integral, active partners! The authors of Passing On the Faith present this new model, which is based on the extensive research of Search Institute and the Youth and Family Institute of Augsburg College, including the finding that only 10 percent of church families (both Protestant and Catholic) discuss their faith on a regular basis...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Many pastors and lay leaders see that congregations need to change in order to carry out their mission, yet often attempts at change are resisted and blocked. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: On August 12, 1986, 25-year-old David Strommen was struck and killed by a bolt of lightning. The tragedy sent his parents reeling with grief. Out of that grief came a long journey toward healing-a journey that is chronicled in this extraordinary book.

Product Description: The parents of five sons, the Strommens are active speakers and seminar leaders on youth and family topics and the authors of FIVE CRIES OF GRIEF. This new book offers a wealth of comprehensive, in-depth information about adolescents and their parents...read more

Tells the story of how a mother and father coped with the unexpected death of their twenty-five-year-old son

Product Description: Now in paperback--essential reading for parents, teachers, counselors, and youth workers. "Surprise! Some people who know how to interview, poll, and amass data about high school youth also know how to listen to them and interpret their 'cries' to the adult world...read more

A study of the key problems of youth and the need for adult compassion, understanding, and interest

Offers parents advice about discipline, understanding, trust, moral behavior, value, orientation, family devotions, dealing with feelings of failure, and seeking outside help