Ellen says...
When I read Blue Like Jazz years ago, it was an eye-opening experience. It felt like, in many ways, Don Miller had been able to see into my head and was writing about the same things I thought about. This recently-released curriculum looks like a great opportunity to engage the content of Blue Like Jazz. While I’ve not done this study myself, it looks like an affordable option for older teen & young adult study groups!
About the resource...
Paperback • Thomas Nelson • 9781418549534 • 9781418549510
Explore the themes and questions raised in the major motion picture based on the best-selling book Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller.
Youth workers, parents, and mentors need guidance in order to break through to youth during the critical transition to adulthood. Using the topics, themes, and questions addressed in Blue Like Jazz: The Movie as a means of starting the conversation, Donald Miller and Dixon Kinser offer an extremely frank look at sex, drugs, alternative lifestyles, and other situations youth face when moving from high school to the freedom of college or a work environment.
This very candid resource guide is the first of its kind, providing practical help for youth directors, mentors, and parents, though it is written in the language of today's youth with real world situations and interactions.
User guide features include:
- Complete index of subjects addressed in the video, with useful statistics, conversation starters, and critical questions for youth to consider
- A user-guide for youth workers
- A plan for students and twenty-somethings to manage their new-found freedom
- 5-week study for youth leaders to help groups work through these issues
The accompanying DVD-Based study features interviews with Donald Miller and clips from the movie along with a practical resource guide written in the language of today's youth, this interactive resource helps youth explore the consequences of their decisions without predetermined outcomes.
DVD features include:
- 15 (3-4-minute) video pieces/topical discussion starters featuring interviews with Donald Miller, clips from Blue Like Jazz: The Movie, and behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the film
- 5 (10-12-minute) extended video pieces for optional 5-week group curriculum
- Resource Guide with complete index of subjects addressed in the video and beyond, practical help for youth directors, mentors, and parents, a 5-week curriculum option, and more
An excerpt...
Born and raised on Vancouver Island, Ellen Graf-Martin now lives in the heart of Ontario’s Mennonite country with her husband Dan, where she continues to work in publishing and ministry.Learn more about her work at www.grafmartin.com
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