Posted in Life on July 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Past July 2nd 2008 , were rescued by the Colombian army 15 Colombian soldiers including the three Northamerican men and Ingrid Betancourt (ex candidate for Colombian Presidence), who were kidnapped some of them for 6 and 10 years.
This new it was for us a big surprise because, to be honest, we thought they were going to be kidnapped for [...]
Posted in Church, LWF, Life, Youth, Youth participation, tagged Climate Change, LWF Pre-Council Youth Workshop on July 4, 2008 | No Comments »
I guess you have already read about the youth message on climate change - http://lwfyouth.org/2008/06/28/a-call-to-engage-climate-change/ - which was presented in the LWF Council Meeting during the opening hearing of climate change.
In the coming days, I am going to share with you all the stories I have heard from the participants of the Pre-Council Youth Workshop. Since there are too [...]
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Church, Life, Youth on June 17, 2008 | No Comments »
How churches could be more relevant to youths in overcoming challenges in the job markets. Here are some suggestions given by our Youth Liaisons:
Help communicating with members who are employers and young people who could possibly fill in the job vacancies.
facilitate church members to fill in their corresponding professions or skills they possess, so when there [...]
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Life, Poverty/Affluence, Youth, tagged UN World Youth Report, Unemployment on June 16, 2008 | No Comments »
What would youths do when they are unemployed?
Thomas Cho, from Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hong Kong, listed some of the possibilities. They include go to internet cafe, just stay at home, go to karaoke bar or disco, hang out at the playground at night, play computer games……
There are also some examples of well-educated youths ‘choosing to be [...]
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Church, Life, Poverty/Affluence, Youth, Youth participation on June 4, 2008 | No Comments »
No doubt. The contributions of youths to economic development can be tremendous. That’s why many governments in Asia are willing to invest lots of money in Education.
As pointed out by UN World Youth Report 2007, access to quality education has expanded in many parts of Asia, making it possible for a much broader range of youth to contribute meaningfully to economic and social development.
Many [...]
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Church, Life, Youth, Youth participation, tagged Migration, UN World Youth Report, Unemployment on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Remembered that last month, Roger and I went to the presentation of the United Nation World Youth Report 2007. After attending the meeting , we thought it would be great to invite Lutheran youths in different regions to give their feedback on that. Thanks a lot for their support, the idea bears its first fruit.
Titled ‘ASIAN YOUTH in the Context of rapid GLOBALIZATION’, the first chapter of [...]
Posted in Life, Youth on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Today “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” is release in Poland. It is one of those movies that I was waiting for. Partly because it is an adaptation of “Prince Caspian” by C. S. Lewis a wonderful novel that I grew up with and partly because it is one of those few with Christian message [...]
Posted in Life, Youth participation on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
- By Jenny Skumsnes Moe, Norway
The CSD, The Matrix, and the future. It might sound like a script for a new futuristic movie, but it is actually quite real. This year the 16th CSD, that is Commission on Sustainable Development, took place in the basement of the UN building. This year was also the first [...]
Posted in Enviroment, Life, UN, Youth, Youth participation, tagged Climate Change on May 16, 2008 | No Comments »
What comes into your mind when you hear the word “Bali”? A warm and fancy tourist place in Indonesia with sand beaches and clear water; the terrible bombings in October 2002 leaving 202 people dead; or climate change? Well, non of the answers would be wrong, but this is blog is about climate change. In [...]
Posted in Life, Youth participation on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
“Love’s in need of love today” is Stevie Wonder song from 1976. Someone once said to me that it is good to think theologically about things that have nothing to do with theology. And I really liked it. So read the lyrics and try to think about it in spiritual realm.
Love’s in need of love [...]
