3 Good Reasons To Start A Youth Work Blog

Blogs are epic! They’re an online part mini journal, part magazine, part social network that allows you room in a wide, like-minded community. Even pants writers (like me) get to play!There are a few things that would simply revolutionize youth ministry in the UK. I think one of those things is make every youth worker a youth work blogger. So here’s three good reasons to do it, join the conversation and become a youth work blogger:

1. It Counters IsolationI think the worst thing about being a Youth Worker is just how lonely a job it can be and how easy it is to isolate yourself. Blogging connects you up with other youth leaders at a personal, practical and spiritual level.
2. It Opens Up A Huge Ideas LibraryThe internet was first designed to help researchers share scientific data – and so it is with youth work blogs. Got a good idea or need some inspiration? Get into the blog sphere, start sharing, get commenting and start bumping up your repertoire.
3. It Connects The MovementChristian Youth Work in the UK is a mission that’s looking increasingly desperate. We need to identify with each other, pool our resources and be part of the charge together. Blogs build identity with a larger group. We need to connect up and take the Young People of the UK for Jesus together. These movements always begin with communication – blogs are a thorough, open and consistent way to do this.

So get blogging, get connected with twitter, start hash-tagging, start following, commenting and producing. Let’s get talking – not to build mini blog-empires, but to do community together!