He sees some congregations moving in this direction by using parents and other adult mentors who take an interest in and develop trusting relationships with young people. They know when you're not sincere. But you can relate to them effectively if you're willing to be authentic, available and non-abandoning. Brains rewired Thom Schultze, who with his wife, Joani, owns Group Publishing in Loveland, Colo., has spent more than a quarter century studying youth culture. It's almost as if their brains are wired differently.
Group publishes a variety of youth ministry resources.
Today kids think in a more circular, global, random way. You can go off in any direction surfing the Web. Its not like turning pages in a book. Another example is the way television programs are constructed today. Bonanza worked like that.