Translating God: A Youthscape Podcast

The final part of the Translating God research, Troubling Jesus, challenges our reading of Scripture with young people. How do they react to the story of Jonah? Did he have a choice or was he forced into something he didn’t want to do? Dr Gemma Madle breaks down the findings and Jason Royce talks to Rachel about what this means for us as youth leaders.Read the full Troubling Jesus report at translating-god.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was Jesus a mansplainer? Dr Gemma Madle unpacks the reading group’s conversation around a passage many Christians would argue is an example of Jesus’ love for the outsiders but for these young people is a story of power dynamics. Rachel is also joined by Gemma Milligan gives her reflections on what it looks like to read the Bible with young people from no faith backgrounds.Read the full Troubling Jesus report at translating-god.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does Jesus have main character energy? Dr Gemma Madle delves into the reading group’s conversations that place the paralysed man at the centre of the story and Jesus as merely a background character. Jason Royce is back to explore how applying context to the Bible helps young people to see things differently. Read the full Troubling Jesus report at translating-god.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did Zacchaeus make an empty promise to Jesus? Dr Gemma Madle talks us through the reading group’s distrust of the Trump-ian Zacchaeus. Rachel is joined by Ethan Miller to discuss the value of allowing young people to imagine themselves in the Gospel stories.Read the full Troubling Jesus report at translating-god.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this final episode of the series, Dr Gemma Madle reveals her favourite reading group story and why the young people’s reading of it allows us to see a more humanised Jesus. Bishop James Grier joins Rachel to discuss what we can actively do to help young people, not just explore the Bible but, to live it out.Read the full Troubling Jesus report at translating-god.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of looking at  the 'Trend Report', the first part of Translating God research project, Rachel Gardner is joined once more by Dr. Lucie Moore. They unpick the deceptively positive news about those who tick the 'no religion' box in the survey and the contrast to the 'nominal Christians'. We also get a sneak peak about the next phase of Translating God - the Feel Good News Report...Check out the graphs for yourself and find out more about Translating God at youthscape.co.uk/research/translating-god/home Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rachel Gardner is joined by Dr. Lucie Moore as they continue to unpack some of the graphs emerging from the 'Trend Report', the first part of Translating God research project. In this week's episode, we'll be looking at how we can use this research to advocate for our ministry and work with young people. We'll also dig into the decline in satisfaction with friendships, the gap between those referred to mental health services and those professionals who can help and, why there is a drop in numbers of those attending a youth group or club...Check out the graphs for yourself and find out more about Translating God at youthscape.co.uk/research/translating-god/home Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Rachel Gardner and Dr. Lucie Moore dig into some more of the headlines emerging from the 'Trend Report', the first part of Translating God research project. We'll be looking into how young people's behaviour has shifted around gaming and the impact this could have for relational youth work; we'll be dissecting the huge jump in young people caring about climate change and how it relates to our leadership; and the increase in young people needing help with their gender identity. Check out the graphs for yourself and find out more about Translating God at youthscape.co.uk/research/translating-god/home Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rachel Gardner sits down with Dr. Lucie Moore as they begin to unpack Translating God, a research project undertaken by the Youthscape Centre for Research. Published in three parts and representing more than two years of work with input from a diverse group of more than a thousand young people, Translating God explores how young people understand and respond to the Christian story. So whether you're a church leader, youth worker or parent, you'll want to see what this ground-breaking research will mean for how you work with young people.The first four episodes of the season dig into part 1 of Translating God, the Trend Report. This part sets the scene by understanding how young people’s lives in the UK have changed in the last decade. In today's episode, we dig into the how and why this project came to be, as well as look at three headlines from the Trend Report - how there are less young people out late, how loneliness is on the rise and how there are fewer young people in steady romantic relationships.Check out the graphs for yourself at youthscape.co.uk/research/translating-god/home Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rachel Gardner and Dr Lucie Moore are exploring the first part, the 'Trends Report', of the Translating God research from the Youthscape Centre for Research and want to invite you to join them. They lift the lid on what the research is all about and give a sneak peak at some of the headlines and topics that they'll cover over the next 4 episodes. Still not sure? Have a listen, you won't want to miss out... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.