Next Gen Spiritual Formation
How Can Young People Have a Flourishing Life with God?
Here are some resources mentioned in Next Gen Spiritual Formation: How Can Young People Have a Flourishing Life with God?—a webcast conversation between Chine McDonald, Michael Wear, and Grace Pouch.
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WEBINAR RESOURCES
Countdown Song
Books and Resources by Michael Wear
- The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life
- The Center for Christianity and Public Life’s Website
- Wear We Are Podcast
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Other Recommendations from Michael Wear
- Andy and Amy Crouch — The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place
- Andy Crouch — The Life We’re Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World
- Christian Resources and AI: A Conversation with Dr. Rosalind Picard and Michael Sacasas
- Fuller Youth Institute
Books and Resources by Chine McDonald
- God Is Not a White Man: And Other Revelations
- Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood
- Rage and Hope: 75 prayers for a better world
- Theos Think Tank
- Theos Research on Motherhood
- Theos podcast — Motherhood vs the Machine
- Chine McDonald Website
Other Recommendations from Chine McDonald
- Jonathan Haidt — The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
- John Mark Comer — The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
- Laura Bates — The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny
Books and Resources by Grace Pouch
- Savoring Childhood: Practical Wisdom for Slowing Down
- Renovaré books and articles by Grace Pouch
- Grace’s Substack
Other Recommendations from Grace Pouch
- Renovaré’s From the Inside Out course
- Kate Crawford — The Atlas of AI
- Let Grow (inspiration for forming “pods” with others who want to raise kids with less screens and more freedom)
Resources Mentioned by Webinar Attendees in the Chat
- Lacy Finn Borgo — Spiritual Conversations with Children: Listening to God Together
- Natasha Crain — Faithfully Different: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture
- C.S. Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia
- A.J. Swoboda — After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith without Losing It
Chine McDonald
Chine McDonald is Director of Theos. She was previously Head of Community Fundraising and Public Engagement at Christian Aid. She has 16 years’ experience in journalism, media and communications across faith, media and international development organisations.
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Michael Wear
Michael Wear is founder, president, and CEO of the Center for Christianity and Public Life, a nonpartisan, nonprofit institution based in the nation’s capital with the mission to contend for the credibility of Christian resources in public life, for the public good. He has served as a trusted resource and advisor for a range of civic leaders on matters of faith and public life for the last fifteen years, including as a White House and presidential campaign staffer. Wear previously led Public Square Strategies, a consulting firm he founded that helps religious organizations, political organizations, businesses and others effectively navigate the rapidly changing American religious and political
landscape. He is the author of The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life, which argues that the kind of people we are has much to do with the kind of politics and public life we will have.
Grace Pouch
Grace Pate Pouch is Content Manager for Renovaré where she curates and produces resources for spiritual renewal. She is the author of Savoring Childhood: Practical Wisdom for Slowing Down. She previously served as a seminary professor and Christian education specialist for elementary school children. Grace and her husband William live with their two children, Charlotte and Henry, in Greenville, SC.
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