TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dean,Kenda Creasy
AU  - Ellis,Wesley W.
AU  - Forbes,Justin
AU  - Rusert,Abigail Visco
TI  - Delighted: what teenagers are teaching the church about joy 
SN  - 9780802877802
AV  - BV4447 .C739 2020
U1  - 259/.23 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
KW  - Church work with youth
KW  - Joy
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Church
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Losing our scales : the adolescent experience of joy -- Intermezzo : I also had a friend -- "Ain't never had a friend like me" : rethinking friendship in youth ministry -- Intermezzo : From sorrow to celebration -- Wonder and onions : reframing celebration in youth ministry -- Intermezzo : Not a story about football -- Trace my hand : the promise of confession in youth ministry -- Enjoying young dragons : snapshots of joyful youth ministries -- Why we do this : passion as the labor of joy
N2  - "By reimagining three common practices in youth ministry through the theological lens of joy, the authors suggest a way forward for the church, freeing Christians to reimagine the church as a whole and not just ministry with young people"--
ER  -