OMG

&quote;Most contemporary young people operate far enough from Moses' moral compass that it never occurs to them that ';OMG' (';oh my God,' in teenspeak) has anything to do with the Ten Commandments, much less that it breaks one of them. After all, the phrase is a nearly ubiquitous adolescent throw-away line...Yet Christians should hear the phrase ';oh my God' differently. Youth ministers, parents, teachersanyone who has ever loved an adolescentknow that ';OMG' can be a prayer, a plea, a petition, a note of praise, or an unbidden entreaty that escapes our lips as we seek Christ for the young people we love.&quote; from the bookUsing six lens the authors detail current practices and tease out underlying questions as youth ministry becomes more self-consciously aligned with practical theology. Contributors include: Kenda Creasy Dean, Mike Carotta, Roland Martinson, Rodger Nishioka, Don Richter, Dayle Gillespie Rounds, and Amy Scott Vaughn.